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Astronauts make third space foray to fix ISS cooling pumpWashington (AFP) Aug 16, 2010 Astronauts from the International Space Station on Monday wrapped up a third and final spacewalk to replace a busted cooling unit on the orbiting outpost, NASA said. Spacewalkers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson began installing a replacement ammonia pump module on the ISS at 6:20 am (1020 GMT) Monday and finished at 1:40 pm (1740 GMT) - a seven hour, 20 minute space foray, according to the US space agency. Flight Engineer Shannon Walker assisted the effort from inside the ISS by operatin ... read more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2010While Wyle has assisted hundreds of astronauts, cosmonauts and civilians who have gone into space since the 1960s, the company has now completed its preparations for NASA's first "human-like" robot for launch aboard the next Shuttle mission and installation on the International Space Station. It may not be the last. NASA's Robonaut 2 (R2), planned to be launched to the International Space ... more 
Washington (AFP) Aug 5, 2010NASA on Thursday pushed back by one day the first of two spacewalks to fix a pump module on the International Space Station's (ISS) cooling system that dramatically failed last week. The first spacewalk will get under way at 1055 GMT on Saturday, a week to the day that an ammonia pump on the ISS failed, setting off alarms in space and at Mission Control on Earth. A second sortie has bee ... more  
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2010A deep-diving robot exploring the depths of the world's deepest water-filled sinkhole has found an amazing diversity of microbial life, even down where sunlight can't reach. The discovery re-affirms life's resilience and ability to thrive in extreme environments on Earth, and possibly on other planets as well, scientists say. The robot, named DEPTHX, dove about 900 feet (275 m) deep toward ... more |
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Spacewalks Set For Friday And MondayHouston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2010 Activities aboard the International Space Station remained focused on spacewalk preparations Tuesday as the Expedition 24 crew gets ready to replace a failed ammonia pump module that took down half the station's cooling system over the weekend. Expedition 24 astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, both flight engineers, currently are scheduled to start the repairs Friday during the first of two spacewalks. Mission managers, program managers, flight controllers, engineers, astronau ... read more |
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