HOUSTON — Four astronauts will turn the international space station into an orbital construction zone during three complicated spacewalks . Working in teams of two, the spacewalkers and their fellow ...
The six STS-115 astronauts entered the International Space Station for the first time at 8:30 a.m. EDT where they were greeted by the station’s Expedition 13 crew. STS-115 arrived at 6:48 this morning ...
It was a productive day for the six astronauts onboard Atlantis. The crew inspected the shuttle’s heat shield, prepared for docking to the International Space Station and readied spacesuits for the ...
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Other than a completely successful mission, a key focus of the STS-115 astronauts in final training for liftoff on Atlantis is the shuttle malfunctions that could cause survivable but time-critical ...
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The crew of STS-115 pose for the media shortly after arriving at the Kenney Space Center, Florida on August 24, 2006. The crew (L to R), Steve Maclean, Dan Burbank, Chris Ferguson, Brent Jett, Heide ...