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USA: NASA GEARS UP FOR ANOTHER SHUTTLE LIFT OFF
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The U-S space agency NASA is gearing up for another shuttle lift off.
The next shuttle crew is in Florida this week for a bit of on site training for the Shuttle Discovery space mission later this month.
And this time the...
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huttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power.
HEADLINE: NASA: 13-day shuttle mission successful
CAPTION: Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings...
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Space shuttle, station crews begin girder work on ISS
Earth orbit
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1. Robotic arm holding the S-6 truss segment, a piece of framework to be installed during Thursday's spacewalk
2. Robotic arm on the international space station (ISS) closing in on...
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SPACE: US SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS MISSION UPDATE
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NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid is settling into what will be her Russian home for the next four months, the space station MIR.
Her colleagues have finished helping her unload over a hundred boxes of supplies from the Shuttle...
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USA: CREW OF MIR SPACE STATION TO RETURN TO EARTH
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Russian space officials told the three tired men aboard the Mir space station on Saturday that they will return to Earth without repairing the spacecraft.
The dangerous and delicate job of finishing the critical repairs will...
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NASA announce date of next shuttle launch
1. Wide of NASA officials at media briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English): William H. Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator:
"So one thing that struck me in the review was really how complex this mission is and how it fits into the next...
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USA: NASA: JAMMED HATCH BLAMED FOR SCRAPPING OF MISSION ON COLUMBIA
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A jammed hatch is being blamed for a scrapped mission aboard U-S Space Shuttle Columbia.
The 16-day voyage was supposed to include a spacewalk for the two astronauts currently on the mission.
But on Monday, NASA officials...
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Latest crew members arrive at the Kennedy Space Center
1. Wide of jet taxiing on runway
2. Mid of jet with open canopy
3. Mid of pilots inside the jet
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Scott Altman, Mission Commander:
"I just want to take a minute to tell you all how happy we all are to be down here...
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USA: FLORIDA: SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA BEGINS MISSION
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The space shuttle "Columbia" has finally blasted off after six delays.
Columbia was three weeks late taking off because of bad weather and all sorts of technical trouble.
The six launch delays equaled a shuttle record set by...
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Two Russians and an American have boarded the International Space Station. American Joseph Acaba and Russians Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revlin are set to spend four and a half months in space.
HEADLINE New Crew Joins International Space Station
CAPTION: Two Russians and an American have boarded the International Space Station. American Joseph Acaba and Russians Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revlin are set to spend four and a half...
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USA: MIR SPACE STATION FUTURE IN DOUBT AFTER DISASTERS: LATEST
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As the ageing Russian space station Mir lurches from one crisis to another - many on Earth are wondering if it can survive in space for much longer.
The station has already been in space for twice as long as its designers...
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Discovery undocks from Space Station
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas - 5 August 2005
1. Full-screen graphic showing various views of space shuttle Discovery docked at International Space Station
2. Wide shot Spacecraft Communicator Shannon Lucid seated at Mission...
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USA: SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS PARTS FROM RUSSIAN SPACE STATION MIR
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After five days of joint flight, the space shuttle "Atlantis" and the Russian space station "Mir" have become two separate spacecraft again.
The craft undocked Thursday following an emotional parting of the two crews.
It...
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Discovery astronauts comment after landing
1. Wide shot of Discovery shuttle on tarmac
2. Wide shot of crew standing on tarmac
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Commander Eileen Collins, Discovery mission:
"I'd like to say hello to everybody and on behalf of the STS 1-14 crew, we have...
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Astronauts floating outside hatch as high-stakes spacewalk begins
International Space Station - 30 October 2007
1. Astronaut Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski being fitted into his spacesuit
2. Astronauts inside the space station closing an internal hatch as crew prepares for space walk
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Repairs made to fuel line cracks in grounded Shuttle fleet
1. Wide of technician fixing Shuttle
2. Close up of technician
3. Technician working on shuttle repairs
4. Close up of monitor showing cracks
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ron Dittemore, Shuttle Program Manager:
"And they will grow over time....
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NASA said Wednesday that a survey of astronauts and flight surgeons found no evidence of launch day drinking by crew members, despite a report last year of two cases of drunkenness
HEADLINE: NASA: No evidence of launch day drinking
CAPTION: NASA said Wednesday that a survey of astronauts and flight surgeons found no evidence of launch day drinking by crew members, despite a report last year of two cases of...
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A shipment of much-needed groceries and belated Christmas presents finally arrived Monday morning at the International Space Station. The SpaceX company's supply ship, Dragon, pulled up at the orbiting lab two days after its liftoff. (Jan. 12)
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A shipment of much-needed groceries and belated Christmas presents finally arrived Monday morning at the International Space Station.
The SpaceX company's supply ship, Dragon, pulled up at...
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Astronauts start new spacewalk to reconfigure cooling system
1. Revolving shot of international space station
2. Side by side photos of Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams
3. International space station as space walk begins (AUDIO: Instructions from Mission Control)
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USA: SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS: WAKE-UP (2)
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Sleepy astronauts aboard Atlantis bopped to the tunes of British rock band The Clash in an effort to stay awake on Monday.
Bad weather on both coasts threatened to keep the space shuttle Atlantis in orbit another day.
Stiff...
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Discovery lands at Florida's Kennedy Space Center
1. Various of space shuttle Discovery landing at Cape Canaveral
2. Infrared picture of shuttle on tarmac
3. Shuttle on tarmac
4. Astronauts descending stairs
5. Astronauts being greeted by NASA officials
6. Wide of NASA press...
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USA: SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA TO CUT SHORT ITS MISSION
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The Space Shuttle Columbia - NASA's oldest shuttle - is cutting short its mission because of a troublesome power generator.
On Sunday NASA ordered Columbia's astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday because the generator,...
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Spacewalk continues at International Space Station, NASA presser
Earth Orbit
1. Wide of astronauts Steve Swanson and Richard Arnold emerging from International Space Station
2. Extreme wide of International Space Station
3. Wide of astronaut Steve Swanson working around solar array attach point
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SPACE: NASA: SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA MISSION UPDATE
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Two hundred miles above earth, astronauts from the Space Shuttle Columbia worked Wednesday to correct alignment problems in an ultraviolet telescope that had been set up hours before.
With the deployment, the astronauts...