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Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover From Space

NASA uses the International Space Station as a platform to study how remotely-operated vehicles may one day help astronauts explore other worlds.
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Red bacteria fighting cholesterol for you

What started as a food that astronauts could grow themselves is showing potential for lowering cholesterol levels around the world: space research has found a bacterium that can reduce cholesterol by half. 

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Alexander’s space clinic

They are skills everyone hopes an astronaut never has to use but they are vital for the International Space Station, where no ambulance can reach. ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst recently boosted his medical skills in a busy hospital setting.
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NASA Invites Media to Space Station Astronaut-Robot Test

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station will control NASA's K10 planetary rover at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., from 8-11 a.m. PDT Friday, July 26, and media are invited to watch.

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Gravity Waves and Sunglint, Lake Superior

From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronauts frequently observe atmospheric and surface phenomena in ways that are impossible to view from the ground. Two such phenomena—gravity waves and sunglint—are illustrated in this photograph of northeastern Lake Superior. 

NASA Partner Boeing Invites Media to View Cst-100 Spacecraft Mockup

The Boeing Company of Houston is inviting media to view a full-size test version of its CST-100 spacecraft as NASA astronauts conduct evaluations inside it.

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Spacewalking Luca

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, living and working on the International Space Station, will venture out into space on Tuesday 9 July. 

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July Space Station Spacewalks to be Previewed and Broadcast on NASA TV

Two Expedition 36 astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station twice in July on spacewalks to prepare for a new Russian module and perform additional installations on the station's backbone.

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NASA Selects Student Teams For Microgravity Research Flights

NASA has selected 14 undergraduate student teams from minority serving institutions across the United States to test science experiments under microgravity conditions.

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Earthrise

Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts--Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders--held a live broadcast from lunar orbit, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Said Lovell, "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth."
They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis.

Image Credit: NASA

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Public during the "Working in Space" lively presentation

Public during the "Working in Space" lively presentation

23-06-2013 03:36 PM CEST

Public during the "Working in Space" lively presentation, given by Leopold Eyharts, ESA astronaut, at the ESA pavilion, at the Paris Air and Space Show, 23 June 2013.

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NASA Television to Air June 24 Space Station Spacewalk

NASA Television to Air June 24 Space Station Spacewalk

06/19/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA Television will provide live coverage when two members of the Expedition 36 crew venture outside the International Space Station on Monday, June 24.

NASA Selects Next Generation of Space Explorers, Hangout Today

NASA Selects Next Generation of Space Explorers, Hangout Today

06/17/2013 12:00 AM EDT

After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system, including an asteroid and Mars.

NASA Selects Next Generation of Space Explorers; Google+ Hangout Today

NASA Selects Next Generation of Space Explorers; Google+ Hangout Today

06/17/2013 12:00 AM EDT

 

After an extensive year-and-a-half search, NASA has a new group of potential astronauts who will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system, including an asteroid and Mars. Eight candidates have been selected to be NASA's newest astronaut trainees, hoping to be among those who are the first to launch from U.S. soil on commercial American spacecraft since the retirement of the space shuttle.

The 2013 astronaut candidate class comes from the second largest number of applications NASA has received -- more than 6,000. Half of the selectees are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ever selected for a class. The group will receive a wide array of technical training at space centers and remote locations around the globe to prepare for missions to low-Earth orbit, an asteroid and Mars.

Valentina: 50 years of women in Space

Valentina

16-06-2013 10:06 AM CEST

Fifty years of women in space.

Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano, and Karen Nyberg will speak from the International Space Station to students at Douglas Public Schools in Massachusetts at 11:35 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 10.

Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano, and Karen Nyberg will speak from the International Space Station to students at Douglas Public Schools in Massachusetts at 11:35 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 10.

Liftoff replay

Liftoff replay

28-05-2013 11:07 PM CEST

Replay of the Liftoff of Soyuz with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin

Luca lifts off

Luca lifts off

28-05-2013 10:45 PM CEST

Liftoff of Soyuz with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, NASA's Karen Nyberg and Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin