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Displaying items by tag: Spacewalk

On Sunday, March 22, 2009, the International Space Station crew and the STS-119 Discovery crew performed an emergency maneuver in order to avoid a piece of Chinese space junk heading straight for them. Where's a space cop when you need one?


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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 23:30

Orbiting NASA tool bag seen with binoculars

You can see the NASA tool bag that astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped into an orbit about Earth, just like the people did at the Toolbag Sighting Party in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on January 12, 2009.

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Monday, 08 December 2008 15:11

Brit kids send bears into space

Not to be outdone by recent Chinese and Indian adventures in space, the Brits have upped their game and launched four teddy bears wearing space suits to an altitude of just over 30 km.

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Sunday, 28 September 2008 19:17

Chinese Shenzhou-7 astronauts return to Earth

The Shenzhou VII (Shenzhou-7) re-entry module parachuted safety back to Earth with its three taikonauts (Chinese astronauts) onboard after making history with the first Chinese spacewalk.

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Saturday, 27 September 2008 19:43

Chinese walk in space

The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, September 27, 2008, that China conducted its first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) beginning at 4:43 p.m. Beijing, China time (0843 UTC). The spacewalk is the first one conducted by China.

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China announced on Thursday, September 25, 2008, that its third manned spacecraft was launched at 9:10 p.m. local time from its Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center.

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Leland Melvin will use the robotic arm, and Rex Walheim and Stan Love will perform a spacewalk, all to move the European Columbus scientific laboratory out of the shuttle’s cargo hold and to its new position on the International Space Station (ISS).       
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With the January 30, 2008 spacewalk still in progress, space-working astronauts outside the International Space Station have replaced a faulty motor with a backup one. And it looks promising for operating a solar array so that it will rotate and tilt toward the Sun to provide additional power for their orbiting home.        
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