NASA Chief Says Station Can Operate With Small Crews
PARIS -- NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe on Tuesday suggested that the International Space Station can be operated and produce sufficient science with far fewer than the six or seven astronauts initially planned. Station Is 'Not an Accident Waiting to Happen'
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A senior NASA official took exception Monday with recent criticism by a departing member of an independent safety oversight panel, saying the International Space Station is not "an accident waiting to happen." Man on International Space Station Weds Bride on Earth
HOUSTON (AP) -- The bride blew the groom a kiss. He blew one back -- from about 240 miles above terra firma. Russian Cosmonaut in Space Station Proceeds With Marriage
MOSCOW (AP) -- International Space Station cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko is going forward with plans to get married while in orbit, ignoring officials' advice to wait until his return to Earth, a Russian space official said Tuesday. ISS Wedding Update: She Says 'Da,' Russians Say 'Nyet'
MOSCOW (AP) -- International space station cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko has promised the Russian space agency to cancel his plan to get married while in orbit, an agency spokesman said
Station Crew Spots Small Unknown Object Floating Nearby
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is trying to identify a small object seen floating outside the International Space Station on Thursday morning that probably came from the station itself. Expedition Seven Crew Doing Well After Month in Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- One month into their planned six-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the two-man Expedition Seven crew say they are doing fine. Soyuz Engineers Have Working Theory on Capsule Trouble
MOSCOW -- More than a week after the off-target landing of the Soyuz-TMA-1 capsule that returned a space station crew to Earth May 4, Russian engineers and designers have a working theory about the factors that caused the spacecraft to veer from its assigned trajectory. Expedition Skipper Says He'll Miss Space Station
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -- His five-month mission almost over, the space station's skipper said Tuesday he will miss living in orbit, but can't wait to be reunited with his family and with colleagues who are still suffering from the Columbia disaster. New Crew Boards International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) -- American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko greeted the three-man crew on the International Space Station with hugs Monday after the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule carrying the U.S.-Russian duo successfully docked with the station. Fresh Crew Heads to Space Station in Tribute to Columbia
Determined to continue on in the wake of the Columbia tragedy, NASA and its international partners sent a new crew on its way to the space station late Friday atop a Russian rocket.
Russian Soyuz Launch on Schedule for Friday
On the scrubby plains of central Kazakhstan, Russian and NASA officials are preparing for the launch of the next space station crew. NASA Astronaut Ed Lu Ready for Soyuz Duty
Astronaut Ed Lu will be the first American to serve as second in command of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Russian Rocket to Carry Pair to Space Station
Two men. One space station. Six months. And only one way to get on or off.
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