Astronauts hang on to their tools during 2nd spacewalk
Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Robert "Shane" Kimbrough stepped outside the Quest airlock just before 1:00 P.M. EST on Thursday, starting the second spacewalk of their mission to the...
View ArticleWhat goes up, must come down to Ebay
Well space fans, for those of you wondering what you could do with a lost $100,000 space tool bag should it land on a golf course near you, the obvious answer is Ebay. Don’t believe me? Well check out...
View ArticleSatellite crash debris in Texas?
DALLAS (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has received numerous reports of falling debris across Texas, which could be related to a recent satellite collision. Some of the callers around...
View ArticleSpace Station crew battened the hatches and braced for impact
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated with remarks from NASA in Houston and news that the same space debris could threaten the station again in the future. RB The crew on board the...
View ArticleSpace Station needs to dodge more space junk
For the second time in a week, the International Space Station is going to have to deal with a floating piece of space debris, the Associated Press reports. Last week, it was part of an old motor....
View ArticleShuttle moves the station to avoid more space junk
EDITOR'S NOTE: Updates with a NASA press conference on the mission and details of Monday's spacewalk. RB With his ship still docked at the international space station, shuttle commander Lee...
View ArticleSpace Shuttle Discovery astronauts wrap up final spacewalk
They huffed, and they puffed and they even hit it with a hammer, but no matter how hard they struggled, spacewalking astronauts Joseph Acaba and Richard Arnold could not unstick a jammed cargo storage...
View ArticleDebris no threat to station, so shuttle Discovery spacewalk still on tap
NASA said Thursday it would not have to adjust the position of space shuttle Discovery and the international space station to avoid an approaching piece of space junk. NASA had spotted a section of an...
View ArticleNASA monitors erratic space junk heading toward Space Station
EDITOR'S UPDATE : After studying the latest information on the trajectory of a two-inch piece of space debris that threatens to buzz the International Space Station, NASA has decided to order the six...
View ArticleNASA decides space junk not a threat to space station afterall
A day of drama on the International Space Station ended Friday when NASA decided that a piece of space junk initially believed to be on a possible collision course with the complex turned out to be no...
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