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NASA Names International Space Station Crews Through 2014

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...

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    Space shuttle Endeavour roared into orbit Wednesday carrying teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan , who was finally fulfilling the dream of Christa McAuliffe and the res...

  2. White House Rejects Armstrong Criticism of 'Devastating' Moon Mission Cuts

    Air & Space White House Rejects Armstrong Criticism of'Devastating'Moon Mission Cuts Published April 14 , 2010 | FOXNews . com Print Email Share Comments Recommend ...

  3. Foam Insulation May Have Hit Endeavour During Liftoff

    Foam Insulation May Have Hit Endeavour During LiftoffFriday, August 10, 2007Print APAug. 8: Space shuttle Endeavour takes off.Aug. 8: Space shuttle Endeavour takes o...

  4. Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Perfect Midday Landing

    Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Perfect Midday LandingWednesday, August 22, 2007Print APAug. 21: The infamous gouge on Endeavour's underside, as seen from the tarmac a...

  5. Astronauts Make Spacewalk as Shuttle's Fate Hangs in Balance

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  6. Laser Inspection of Space Shuttle Endeavour Shows Gouge Penetrated Heat Shield Tiles

    Laser Inspection of Space Shuttle Endeavour Shows Gouge Penetrated Heat Shield TilesMonday, August 13, 2007Print APAug. 11: mission specialist Rick Mastracchio works...

  7. Space Shuttle Endeavour Successfully Launches Wednesday

    Space Shuttle Endeavour Successfully Launches WednesdayWednesday, August 08, 2007Print APShuttle Endeavour on the launch pad.Shuttle Endeavour on the launch pad.CAPE...

  8. Spacewalk Cut Short Due to Hole in Glove

    Spacewalk Cut Short Due to Hole in GloveWednesday, August 15, 2007Print AP/NASAAug. 15: Space station crew member Clayton Anderson, left, and space shuttle Endeavour...

  9. Shuttle Mission 118

    Aug. 21: STS-118 crew members, from left, Commander Scott Kelly, and Mission Specialists Dave Williams, of Canada, Alvin Drew, Tracy Caldwell, and Rick Mastracchio l...

  10. Endeavour Astronauts Install Station Beam; NASA Watches Gouge in Shuttle Heat Shield

    Endeavour Astronauts Install Station Beam; NASA Watches Gouge in Shuttle Heat ShieldSaturday, August 11, 2007Print APAug. 11: mission specialist Rick Mastracchio wor...

  11. Teacher-Turned-Astronaut Finally Set for Space After 22 Years

    Teacher-Turned-Astronaut Finally Set for Space After 22 YearsMonday, August 06, 2007Print APJuly 18: Space shuttle Endeavour mission specialist Barbara Morgan is int...

  1. Astronauts Tackle Tough Ammonia Tank Swap in Second Spacewalk

    Two astronauts battled with a stubborn bolt early Sunday while hooking up a massive new ammonia coolant tank outside the International Space Station during the secon...

  2. Astronauts take 2nd spacewalk to replace space station cooling tank, overcome stiff bolt

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts had to pull out a hammer and pry bar while attaching a big, new tank full of ammonia coolant to the International...

  3. Astronauts take 1st spacewalk of Discovery mission, replacing space station's old ammonia tank

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of spacewalking astronauts disconnected an old empty ammonia tank outside the International Space Station on Friday and got a new ...

  4. Check-Out Time for Space Shuttle Discovery

    Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Saturday morning, 10 days after arriving to deliver more than seven tons of supplies and ...

  5. Astronauts Take First Spacewalk of Shuttle Mission

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts disconnected an old empty ammonia tank outside the International Space Station on Friday and got a new one ...

  6. Astronauts Take Final Spacewalk of Mission

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A pair of astronauts finished installing a fresh storage tank outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, accomplishing a main missio...

  7. NASA Still Struggling With Stuck Valve in Space

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Flight controllers struggled Wednesday to open a stuck valve in a cooling loop at the International Space Station , as the 13 orbiting astron...