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April 2007 International Space Station Top Stories
»» Space Adventures' Orbital Client, Charles Simonyi, to Perform Research on the ISS for the European Space Agency
[Sunday, April 1, 2007] Space Adventures, Ltd has announced that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., will contribute to the performance of research and development activities for the European Space Agency during his 10-day stay onboard the International Space Station.
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»» ESA and NASA Extend Ties With Major New Cross-support Agreement
[Monday, April 2, 2007] On 21 March ESA and NASA signed an agreement in Washington, DC, extending the two agencies' long-standing cooperation in the areas of satellite tracking, spacecraft navigation and mission operations.
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»» NASA Image Fusion Will Help Doctors Examine Astronauts' Hearts in Space
[Tuesday, April 3, 2007] Practicing medicine on trips to the moon will be harder than on Earth, because spaceships will be far away, and few doctors will be aboard.
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»» NASA Hearings Highlight Continuing Funding Problems
[Wednesday, April 4, 2007] NASA continues to have too little funding for everything that the space agency, authorizing committees, appropriations committees, and the science community want it to do. This lack of money was a consistent theme at a series of recent hearings.
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»» NASA International Space Station Status Report 6 April 2007
[Friday, April 6, 2007] The Expedition 14 crew of the International Space Station was busy this week performing fitness evaluations, working on scientific experiments and preparing for the arrival of the Expedition 15 crew.
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»» NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Report 6 April 2007
[Friday, April 6, 2007] In high bay No. 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, work is under way to assess and repair hail damage to the STS-117 external fuel tank, ET-124. Special scaffolding and access platforms have been erected to allow access inspections and repairs.
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»» NASA Lab on a Chip Works
[Friday, April 6, 2007] LOCAD-PTS (short for Lab-On-a-Chip Application Development–Portable Test System), is a mini-lab detects the presence of bacteria or fungi on the surfaces of a spacecraft far more rapidly than standard methods of culturing.
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»» Bigelow Reveals Space Business Plan
[Friday, April 6, 2007] The Bigelow Aerospace commercial inflatable manned space module venture intends by 2015 to have three large multi-module outposts in Earth orbit to serve different user communities.
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»» Fifth American Space Tourist Prepares for Journey to International Station
[Friday, April 6, 2007] American computer software entrepreneur Charles Simonyi is reportedly paying about $25 million to fulfill his childhood dream of flying in space. He follows in the footsteps of other space tourists who traveled to the ISS aboard Russian rockets.
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»» NASA Space Station Status Report 7 April 2007
[Saturday, April 7, 2007] Two cosmonauts and a space flight participant launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:31 p.m. CDT Saturday for a two-day flight to the International Space Station.
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»» NASA Extends Contract With Russia's Federal Space Agency
[Tuesday, April 10, 2007] NASA has signed a $719 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with Russia's Federal Space Agency in Moscow for crew and cargo services through 2011.
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»» NASA Targets June Launch for Space Shuttle Atlantis
[Tuesday, April 10, 2007] NASA is targeting June 8 as the next possible launch opportunity for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-117 mission to the International Space Station.
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»» NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status 13 April 2007
[Saturday, April 14, 2007] In VAB high bay No. 1 technicians and engineers continue the repair work on the hail-damaged STS-117 external fuel tank, ET-124, following a decision this week by Space Shuttle Program managers to target a launch date of June 8 using the repaired tank.
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»» Interactive Webcast Brings Shuttle Mission STS-118 Closer to Home
[Saturday, April 14, 2007] Wouldn't it be great to be in 10 places at once? That's what Educator Astronaut Joe Acaba will be doing April 19 and 20 - virtually, at least.
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»» NASA Space Station Status Report 13 April 2007
[Saturday, April 14, 2007] Two Expedition 15 cosmonauts spent much of the week in handover activities with their Expedition 14 predecessors. Their new crewmate, Sunita Williams also is helping them learn the ropes.
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»» NASA Updates Shuttle Target Launch Dates
[Tuesday, April 17, 2007] During a meeting Monday at NASA's Johnson Space Center, agency officials revised the target launch dates for space shuttle flights during the next 12 months.
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»» Space Station Crew Landing Moved to Saturday
[Wednesday, April 18, 2007] The 14th crew of the International Space Station, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, will land at 8:30 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 21 in Kazakhstan.
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»» STS-116 crew completes European tour
[Thursday, April 19, 2007] "I never ever thought there would be such enormous interest as there has been," said ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, commenting on the European post-flight tour he has just completed together with the rest of the STS-116 Space Shuttle crew.
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»» Rocketplane Kistler and Japan Manned Space Systems Corp Sign MOU for Commercial Launch Support of ISS JEM Utilization
[Thursday, April 19, 2007] Rocketplane Kistler, Inc. (RpK) and Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS) announced today that the companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide commercial launch service support to Japanese users to the International Space
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»» NASA Lawmakers Write Letter to President Calling for Space Summit to Discuss Space Program Future
[Thursday, April 19, 2007] "We believe that a balanced, robust space program is in the national interest of the United States. However, we are concerned that America's leadership in space could be threatened by a lack of resources devoted to our space program."
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»» NASA Completes Two Important Reviews for Upcoming Hubble Mission
[Friday, April 20, 2007] NASA managers this week completed two key program reviews that demonstrated the space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is progressing well. The STS- 125 servicing mission to the telescope is targeted for launch in September 2008.
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»» NASA Announces Orion Contract Modification - Delivery Delayed, Tests Added, Cargo Vehicle Dropped
[Friday, April 20, 2007] Late this afternoon NASA announced that it was making a significant modification to the Orion development contract with Lockheed Martin.
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»» NASA Space Station Status Report 20 April 2007
[Friday, April 20, 2007] The crew members aboard the International Space Station spent this week finalizing handover operations, conducting experiments and preparing for the departure of the Expedition 14 crew.
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»» NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Report 20 April 2007
[Friday, April 20, 2007] In high bay No. 1 of the VAB, technicians and engineers continue repairing foam on the hail-damaged STS-117 external fuel tank, ET-124. The poured foam repairs are nearly complete, and technicians are trimming and sanding repair sites.
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»» NASA Space Station Status Report 21 April 2007
[Saturday, April 21, 2007] The 14th crew of the International Space Station, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi landed their Soyuz spacecraft in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:31 a.m CDT Saturday.
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»» Robotic surgeon to team up with doctors, astronauts on NASA mission
[Monday, April 23, 2007] The surgical robot Raven, astronauts and surgeons will spend 12 days in the Aquarius habitat, above. The 400-square-foot underwater habitat is used by NASA for space simulation and training.
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»» NASA Internal Memo From Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale: Life
[Monday, April 23, 2007] "This is a tragedy for all of us. David Beverly was was instrumental in keeping the shuttle safe, participating frequently in all kinds of technical meetings, and providing professional and accurate information and judgement."
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»» Space Studies Board News - January - March 2007: Comments from Lennard Fisk
[Tuesday, April 24, 2007] "NASA has made it clear that its number one priority is to build the Ares rocket and its Orion spacecraft to replace the Shuttle and serve as the vehicle to return us to the Moon."
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»» Progressive Plant Growing is a Blooming Business
[Tuesday, April 24, 2007] Plants have been to space since 1960, but NASA's plant growth experiments began in earnest during the 1990s. Experiments aboard the space shuttle and International Space Station have exposed plants to the effects of microgravity.
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»» NASA to Rotate Station Astronauts on Next Shuttle Mission
[Thursday, April 26, 2007] After several months aboard the ISS, Suni Williams will come back to Earth aboard the Atlantis, targeted for launch June 8. STS-117 will carry her successor, astronaut Clay Anderson, to the station to begin his duty as an Expedition 15 flight engineer.
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»» Send your playlist to space with ATV!
[Thursday, April 26, 2007] The winner's playlist will be downloaded onto an iPod and sent to the ISS in ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), which will be making its maiden flight later this year.
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»» NASA's Centennial Challenge for Improved Astronaut Gloves Set
[Friday, April 27, 2007] NASA is offering a total of $200,000 for the team that can design and manufacture the best astronaut glove that exceeds minimum requirements. An additional $50,000 goes to the team that best demonstrates Mechanical Counter Pressure gloves.
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»» NASA JSC Solicitation: Outdoor Leadership and Teambuilding Expedition Training
[Friday, April 27, 2007] NOLS offers teamwork and leadership training in a challenging outdoor environment and has the desired level of knowledge, expertise, and experience to conduct expedition and outdoor leadership training.
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»» New ISS Crew Completes First Week Alone
[Saturday, April 28, 2007] The Expedition 15 crew members completed their first full week alone aboard the International Space Station since the departure of the previous crew on April 21.
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»» NASA Space Station Status Report 27 April 2007
[Saturday, April 28, 2007] The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance.
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»» NASA Space Shuttle Processing Status Report 27 April 2007
[Saturday, April 28, 2007] In high bay No. 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians and engineers continue repairing foam on the hail-damaged STS-117 external fuel tank, ET-124. Spray foam repairs are scheduled to begin Monday.
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