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The International Space Station is gearing up for a busy future on orbit, and NASA , together with their other station partners, recently announced the roster of astronauts and cosmonauts who will live and work aboard the massive orbiting complex beginning in 2013.With NASA's space shuttle program set to end later this year, the crewmembers of these future missions will all journey to the International Space Station in Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The list is a diverse group of spaceflyers who will perform valuable science and help maintain the station in the years to come. Construction of the $100 billion International Space Station began in 1998 and is expected to end by 2012. The space station is the product of five different space agencies representing 15 countries, and can sustain up to six crewmembers at a time.The space station is about as long as a football field and has about the same amount of living space as a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, or a five-bedroom house, NASA officials have s...
Shuttle astronauts move robot arm during first useSaturday, June 07, 2008By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share:HOUSTON — Astronauts debuted t...
Shuttle astronauts perform cursory wing inspectionSunday, June 01, 2008By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterE-Mail Print Share:CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Lacking the prop...
7 astronauts taking Japan's lab to space stationMonday, May 26, 2008By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterE-Mail Print Share:CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The seven astronaut...
June 14: Space shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. June 14: A fire truck stands by near the runway as space shuttle Discovery lan...
Lexus of space station labs poised for launchMonday, May 26, 2008By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterE-Mail Print Share:CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Japan is about to roll...
7 astronauts taking Japan's lab to space stationTuesday, May 27, 2008By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterE-Mail Print Share:CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The seven astronau...
Lexus of space station labs poised for launchTuesday, May 27, 2008By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterE-Mail Print Share:CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Japan is about to rol...
Astronaut Training Aboard Space Station for Boston MarathonThursday, April 05, 2007 By Tariq MalikPrint NASAAstronaut Sunita Williams, equipped with a bungee harness...
Astronaut Runs Boston Marathon in OrbitTuesday, April 17, 2007Print NASAAstronaut Sunita Williams, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Treadmill Vibrati...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- America's longest space-flying streak ends this week with the smallest crew in decades -- three men and a woman who were in high school and c...
Japan is about to roll out the Lexus of space station labs, a whopper in size and sophistication.The $1 billion Kibo lab — which means "hope" in Japanese — is poised...
Profiles of Shuttle Discovery CrewMonday, May 26, 2008PrintCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery will deliver and install J...
Astronauts Prepare to Test New Lab's Robotic ArmSaturday, June 07, 2008Print NASAJune 5: Astronaut Mike Fossum at the beginning of Thursday's spacewalk.June 5: Astro...
Space Shuttle Astronauts Eager for MissionFriday, May 30, 2008 By Tariq MalikPrint APMay 28: Mission specialists Akihiko Hoshide of Japan, left, Karen Nyberg, center...
Shuttle Discovery Docks With Space StationMonday, June 02, 2008Print NASAJune 2: A view from space shuttle Discovery shows the International Space Station as the shu...
Japan Set to Launch 'Lexus' of Space-Station LabsTuesday, May 27, 2008Print NASAThe Kibo lab's pressurized module being lowered into a shipping crate in preparation ...
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