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Astronaut Reid Wiseman arrived at the International Space Station less than two weeks ago, but his photos of planet Earth have already made him very popular on Twitter where more than 70,000 followers can't get enough of his pictures

Astronaut Reid Wiseman arrived at the International Space Station less than two weeks ago, but his photos of planet Earth have already made him very popular on Twitter where more than 70,000 followers can't get enough of his pictures. Chip Reid reports.

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Bonham's Space History sale in New York City is auctioning close to 300 artifacts related to decades of international space exploration

Bonham's Space History sale in New York City features close to 300 artifacts related to decades of international space exploration. The range includes shiny spacesuits, flight items from the historic Apollo 11 mission, lunar-flown American flags, photographs and personal effects belonging to cosmonauts. The hammer goes down on these items on April 8th.

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A crew of three men, including a NASA shuttle flier, a veteran Russian space station commander, and rookie cosmonaut launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, headed for the International Space Station

A crew of three men, including a NASA shuttle flier, a veteran Russian space station commander, and rookie cosmonaut launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, headed for the International Space Station. The mission will boost the space station's crew back up to six, with the journey expected to take around six hours.

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CBS News correspondent Chip Reid looks at the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab, a pool with an underwater mock-up of the International Space Station where astronauts can train in weightless conditions in specially retrofitted spacesuits

CBS News correspondent Chip Reid looks at the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab, a pool with an underwater mock-up of the International Space Station where astronauts can train in weightless conditions in specially retrofitted spacesuits.

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NASA investigators said Wednesday that engineers quickly dismissed a leak in Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano's spacesuit a week before he almost drowned when water entered his helmet during a spacewalk

NASA investigators said Wednesday that engineers quickly dismissed a leak in Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano's spacesuit a week before he almost drowned when water entered his helmet during a spacewalk. Administrator Charles Bolden warned against putting mission needs ahead of safety. Bob Orr reports.

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