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RE: International Space Station

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The International Space Station was his home for six months. He knows every nook and cranny of it and now shares the secrets of this heavenly habitat with us. The next tour of the station is now departing from the ESA multimedia gallery.
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, the first European to take command of the International Space Station (ISS), guides you through the main laboratories and modules of the ISS during his recent six-month OasISS mission, completed in December 2009.
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The orbit of the International Space Station was increased by 5 kilometres on Sunday. The average orbital altitude of the station is now about 344 kilometres.

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The International Space Stations crew made a relocation of the Soyuz Soyuz TMA-16 lifeboat to a new docking port at 10:03 GMT, 21st January, 2010.
The redocking manoeuvre to the new Poisk module was in preparation for an upcoming docking by Progress cargo ship in early February

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Europe wants a decision in 2010 on an extension to the life of the International Space Station (ISS).
At the moment, no programme for its use nor any funding has been put in place to support the platform beyond 2015.
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Russia's Mission Control says two cosmonauts have taken a spacewalk to get a new module ready to dock with the International Space Station.
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The Government Accountability Office has some somber words for U.S. taxpayers: After 25 years of work and billions of dollars, we may not get our moneys worth out of the International Space Station.
There are several reasons for the situation, the GAO said in a new report, including the fact that there currently is no money to keep the station operational past 2015. NASA and its international partners in the program -- Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan -- are just beginning to ramp up research after a 12-year construction effort ends next year.
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The International Space Station butterflies have died.

Butterflies in Space: Data collection has ended. The four Painted Lady butterflies on the International Space Station have completed their normal life spans.
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A piece of approaching space junk is not expected to endanger two crew members aboard the International Space Station early this afternoon, but NASA continues to monitor the debris and a technical problem that could become relevant.
The latest tracking data shows a four-inch diameter piece of a Russian Cosmos satellite could fly within three-quarters of a mile of the station at 1:19 p.m. EST.
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Satellite debris misses space station

A tiny piece of a defunct Russian satellite zipped by the International Space Station Tuesday, but was far enough away the crew didnt have to strap into their lifeboat to wait out the close shave.
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