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For the first time in history, two butterflies have survived the chrysalis stage of development and spread their wings as fully grown Painted Lady butterflies in microgravity.
Although many species of insects have boldly gone where no insect has gone before, this is the first occasion that a butterfly has survived the larvae phase, gone on to form a chrysalis and then emerge as a mature butterfly.
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Space Junk May Come Within Mile Of ISS

A piece of space debris moving toward the International Space Station may force astronauts to take shelter in an escape pod, according to NASA officials.
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For the first time, a butterfly has formed a chrysalis on the International Space Station.

One of the caterpillars carried to the International Space Station (ISS) by Space Shuttle Atlantis last week has done something a caterpillar has never done before; it's turned into a chrysalis in space.
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Astronauts Robert Satcher Jr. and Randy Bresnik have completed their third spacewalk.
The spacewalk lasted five hours 42 minutes, and finished at 19:06 GMT.

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Astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik have begun their second six-hour-long spacewalk at 14:31 GMT.

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Three monarch caterpillars bred at the University were on board the space shuttle Atlantis as it lifted off from Kennedy Space Centre earlier this week. They were the first of their species to voyage into space.
Chip Taylor, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, travelled to Florida to deliver the three caterpillars to NASA and watch the shuttle take off. Taylor is the director of Monarch Watch, a group of students, professors and volunteers dedicated to the study of monarch butterflies.
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Two astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis have completed the first spacewalk of their mission.

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Astronauts Mike Foreman and Bobby Satcher began a spacewalk to work outside the space station at 14:24 GMT.
The spacewalk will last 6.5-hours.

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