Space Shuttles

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Houston, we have a baby

Reuters US Online Report Science News 2 days ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born. Bresnik's wife, Rebecca, gave birth to Abigail Mae Bresnik just after midnight. At the time, Bresnik was ...

Atlantis astronauts install gadgets on second spacewalk

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Shuttle Atlantis astronauts on Saturday completed the second of their mission's three spacewalks to maintain and install more high-tech gadgets on the International Space Station. The sortie was delayed by over an hour after false depressurization alarms earlier rang through the orbiting ...

Atlantis astronauts begin second spacewalk

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Two space shuttle Atlantis astronauts began the second of their mission's three spacewalks Saturday for maintenance work and to install more high-tech gadgets outside the International Space Station. The sortie was delayed by over an hour after false depressurization alarms earlier rang ...

Space station alarm delays Atlantis crew spacewalk

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts aboard the International Space Station delayed their second spacewalk Saturday after being jolted awake by a false alarm, NASA said. Mission specialists Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik had just two hours of sleep before a depressurization alarm sounded ...

Astronaut counts down to daughter's birth

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik entered an unusual space countdown on Friday as he waited onboard the International Space Station for the birth of his daughter back on Earth. The 42-year-old Marine and his five Atlantis crew members eagerly listened for word from ...

Astronaut in space while wife giving birth

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 5 days ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a tough time focusing on work -- his wife is due to give birth on Friday to a baby girl. "He'd certainly like to be there ...

Atlantis pair replace antenna in first space walk

AFP Global Edition 5 days ago

Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis have completed the first space walk of their mission, replacing a vital communications antenna on the exterior of the International Space Station. Mission specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher completed their task with two hours to spare ...

Ask AP

AP News 5 days ago

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 picture, the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The complexity of the reusable spacecraft inspired one of the questions in this edition of ...

First space walk for Atlantis astronauts

AFP American Edition 5 days ago

Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis began Thursday the first space walk of their mission to store hardware and conduct repairs on the exterior of the International Space Station. After "camping out" overnight in the Quest airlock, which purges nitrogen from their bloodstream ...

Shuttle Atlantis docks with space station

AFP Global Edition 6 days ago

The space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station and the hatch separating the crews was opened for the traditional welcoming ceremony, NASA said. The shuttle and its six astronauts left Florida's Kennedy Space Center without a hitch on ...

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