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Mir a Soviet space station, launched in 1986 and designed to be permanently manned. The name is Russian, literally ‘peace’.... Read more |
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International Space Station
International Space Station There have long been dreams of a permanently inhabited base or station in space. In 1957 it first became possible to put human-made objects into orbitaround Earth. But while both the United States and the Soviet Union raced to send a man to... Read more |
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. Pacific naval base, Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor... Read more |
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space station
space station or space platform, artificial earth satellite, usually manned, that is placed in a fixed orbit and can serve as a base for astronomical observations; zero-gravity materials processing; satellite assembly, refueling, and repair; or, possibly, as weapons platforms. The first space... Read more |
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Astronauts install space station air lock
...astronauts installed a brand new...international space station Sunday, then...164 million air lock for spacewalks...element out and installed it and, voila...attached to the air lock later ... |
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Space station Alpha gets new air lock Robot arm, shuttle astronauts install...
...astronauts installed a brand new...international space station Sunday, then...164 million air lock for spacewalks...element out and installed it and voila...attached to the air lock later ... |
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Astronauts attach 750 experiments; Space station: Tank of coolant also is...
...to the international space station on Thursday and hung...mounted to the outside of space station Alpha, which...hitched a ride to the space station on space shuttle...bypassing the space ... |
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Astronauts take spacewalk outside international space station to test...
...CANAVERAL, Florida Two space station astronauts took a spacewalk...early from NASA's Quest air lock at the international...staged from the U.S. air lock, installed last July. The portal...Bursch to exit from ... |
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Astronauts take spacewalk outside international space station to test new...
...CANAVERAL, Florida Two space station astronauts went out on...early from NASA's Quest air lock at the international...staged from the U.S. air lock, installed last July. The portal...Bursch to exit from this ... |
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PROBLEMS SLOW WORK ON SPACE STATION
...water and air leaks and...international space station. About two...attached air lock and the rest...mission. The air lock will allow American space station ... |
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Space Station Astronauts Take Spacewalk
...international space station Wednesday for...tension. The space station's commander...up: releasing locks on a recently installed radiator and cleaning...pulled from the space station ... |
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Astronauts take spacewalk, including a late substitute who frees the space...
...international space station Wednesday for...tension. The space station's commander...up: releasing locks on a recently installed radiator and cleaning...pulled from the space station ... |
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Atlantis Docks With Space Station
...2000 Atlantis Docks With Space Station SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis cruised...and cleansing the fetid air inside the space station...Williams and Voss must lock down ... |
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Shields Installed on Space Station
...outside the international space station on Friday and fortified...against damaging bits of space junk. It was the first...June. Whitson and the space station's veteran commander...getting dressed, and the air ... |