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RE: International Space Station

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Along with training in spacewalks, robotics, and piloting a spaceship, NASA is requiring that all future astronauts learn to speak and read Russian.
The rules are plain and simple: If you flunk the foreign language requirement, you can't go into space.
A handful of NASA astronauts have taken Russian language training since the U.S. and the Soviet Union began work on the Mir space station in the '80s, Duane Ross, manager for astronaut candidate training, told FoxNews.com. But in 2009, the space agency revamped its rules -- and now all U.S. astronauts will havfe have to learn Russian.
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Orbital station avoids collision with space junk

The Russian Mission Control has carried out an emergency adjustment of the International Space Station's orbit to avoid its possible collision with a piece of an old Russian launch vehicle.
The orbit was raised by 4.7 kilometres to approximately 387.1 km on Thursday, and the ISS is now nine kilometres above the 10-cm fragment of the Tsiklone-3 carrier rocket launched in 1991.
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Station Crew Discusses Life in Space With Famed Environmentalist

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum of NASA and Japanese Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa discussed their mission and their view of the planet from 230 miles above the Earth with noted environmentalist Dr. Jane Goodall during an in-flight interview on Sept. 19, 2011.

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The Soyuz spacecraft with the Expedition 28 crew is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 00:38 UT.

Ed ~ in ten minutes time...

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Russia delays manned space launch til Nov. 12

Russia's space agency has postponed its launch of the next manned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station until Nov. 12 amid deep concern over a failed supply mission last month.
The launch schedule for manned Russian missions has been thrown into disarray by the Aug. 24 crash of an unmanned Soyuz supply craft into the remote Siberian wilderness.
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Update: NASA Revises Time for Space Station Crew News Conference

NASA has revised the time for a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 6, with the two agency astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The briefing, broadcast live on NASA Television, will begin at 9:30 a.m. CDT.
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NASA Sets News Conference With Space Station Crew Members

NASA Television will broadcast a news conference with the two agency astronauts aboard the International Space Station at 8:05 a.m. CDT on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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Astronauts May Have to Abandon Space Station in November

Astronauts will abandon the International Space Station, probably in mid-November, if rocket engine problems that doomed a Russian cargo ship last week are not diagnosed and fixed.
Even if unoccupied, the space station can be operated by controllers on the ground indefinitely and would not be in any immediate danger of falling out of orbit.
Three Russian, two American and a Japanese astronaut are currently living on the space station.
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NASA says space station astronauts 'can go several months without resupply'

NASA managers said today the astronauts aboard the International Space Station are in no danger despite a failure today of a Russian resupply vehicle. An unmanned Soyuz Progress craft failed to reach orbit and crashed Wednesday morning.
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