Space station too weighty for NASA? From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: March 27, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Howard Witt

Mar. 27--HOUSTON -- This Wednesday evening, if all goes according to plan, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut will blast off aboard a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station, the latest crew in an uninterrupted procession that has kept humans aboard the station for more than five years. And if all goes according to routine, outside of the professional space community and a handful of space enthusiasts, few Americans are likely to even notice. The workaday space station, far less dramatic than a space shuttle mission and far ...

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