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Astronauts enter the Dragon for first time

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Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.

 

Space junk threatens station astronauts

A discarded chunk of a Russian rocket is forcing six space station astronauts to seek shelter in escape capsules early Saturday....

 

Space junk threatening space station, 3 residents

Space junk threatening space station, 3 residents

A small piece of space junk drifted dangerously close to the International Space Station on Tuesday, prompting NASA to order the three astronauts to seek shelter in their attached capsule....

 

Space station astronauts take 2nd crack at repairs

A pair of spacewalking astronauts tackled urgent space station repairs Wednesday for the second time in five days, anxious to avoid the kind ...

 

Space station cooling system suddenly shuts down

Half of the International Space Station's cooling system suddenly shut down during the weekend, forcing the astronauts to power down equipment and face the likelihood of urgent spacewalking repairs.

 

Space station gets room, huge window to see Earth

Space station gets room, huge window to see Earth

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....

 

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