Space Station Succcessfully Dodges Cosmic Junk
The International Space Station has successfully dodged another piece of cosmic space junk.
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The International Space Station has successfully dodged another piece of cosmic space junk.
2011 marked the end of an era as NASA retired its manned space shuttles after 30 years in space. As the shuttles were packed off for their final resting places in a handful of museums, NASA turned its attention to the future of manned space travel and possibly trips to an asteroid and Mars.
Space jobs are returning to the Space Coast. On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott, state officials and Boeing executives announced that they will being building the next generation of U.S. manned space vehicles at the Kennedy Space Center.
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The astronauts aboard the International Space Station remain in limbo as ground teams try to figure out what to do if the ISS needs to be evacuated.
Two Russian cosmonauts have stepped outside the International Space Station for a planned spacewalk for work outside the ISS but not everything has gone as planned.
One of the most famous tunes by an American composer woke the Atlantis astronauts who are now prepping for the space shuttle program's final landing in a few hours.
The last leg of an historical shuttle mission is the underway as the last American space shuttle heads home.
Following a poignant farewell ceremony between crews of the International Space Station and the shuttle Atlantis, the hatches closed for the final time Monday.
After some last minute packing the astronauts making NASA's last shuttle flight took some time off on Sunday to relax.
Two astronauts from the International Space Station have completed the last spacewalk of NASA's space shuttle era.
Emotions ran high as the space shuttle Atlantis docked at the International Space Station for the final time.
A piece of space junk hurtling toward the International Space Station is expected to make its closet approach on Tuesday, right in the middle of a planned spacewalk.
Atlantis and its four astronauts left Earth Friday for the final space shuttle mission, capping off an amazing 30-year program of exploration, which launched great observatories, built an International Space Station, and taught us more about how humans can live and work in space.
It's the last shuttle flight. And it's only hours away from blasting off from Kennedy Space Center, where CBS4's Stephen Stock has covered dozens of shuttle launches.
The International Space Station has undergone major changes and additions since its inception in 1994. A combination of American, Russian, Japanese and European efforts, the station's evolution is the result of international collaboration and has played a crucial part in space research.
With the launch of space shuttle Atlantis, NASA wraps up its 30 year old manned space travel program. Since it's first voyage in 1985, the shuttle Atlantis has taken dozens of trips into space and among them, ten to the International Space Station. It's eleventh and final mission to the space station marks the end of an era in space travel.
Preparations and training for the final launch of the space shuttle program are underway at the Kennedy Space Center.
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is wrapping up final preparations for Wednesday's landing at Kennedy Space Center.
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour has inspected their ship one last time.
An "itchy" situation almost caused two of Endeavour's astronauts to "scratch" their third spacewalk.
The crew of the shuttle Endeavour is preparing for the third spacewalk of the mission as they reach the halfway point of their 16-day mission.
A pair of astronauts orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station have received a second VIP call in as many days.
A second spacewalk outside the orbiting international space station didn't go exactly as planned for a pair of Endeavour's astronauts.
The first of four spacewalks outside the International Space Station had just one small glitch early Friday. NASA managers cut short one task because of a spacesuit sensor problem, but most of the spacewalking astronauts work was already finished.
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