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Astronauts put the last big addition on the International Space Station early Friday, attaching a new room with an enormous bay window that promises to provide unprecedented panoramic views of Earth....

A tool bag lost by a spacewalking astronaut last year met its fiery demise in Earth's atmosphere Monday after months circling ever closer to the planet.

The fully staffed International Space Station is about to get even more crowded when seven shuttle astronauts join the six men already aboard, boosting the number of people aboard to 13 - its highest population ever.

Work with new tools is highly intricate, as dozens of pieces could hit and damage telescope.

NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a gas leak. The leak of gaseous hydrogen occurred as the launch team was filling the external fuel tank for liftoff Wednesday night. The seven astronauts had yet to board the spaceship.