Astronauts at the International Space Station have overcome initial fears and are preparing to perform the first spacewalk beneath the shuttle to repair two dangling pieces of material. The material, used to fill gaps between tiles, is sticking out b

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Space Station Crew Conducts Maintenance Spacewalk 国际空间站宇航员将执行太空中的维修工作 The two International Space Station crewmen floated outside the complex Monday to perform so

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1. Four people are dead after their helicopter crashed on one interstate in western Maryland. Witnesses say the helicopter hit power lines on its way down. But it's not known if that was the cause of the crash. The National Transportation Safety Boa

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full main engine start... two... one... zero... booster ignition.... and liftoff of Shuttle Endeavour with NASA's final space station crew compartment to bring the bay window view to our celestial backyard. AZUZ: The second time was the charm for NAS

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This is For the Record. (SOUNDBITES FROM MOVIES) WILLIAM SHATNER: Space. TOM HANKS: Houston, we have a problem. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Astronaut is awestruck. SANDRA BULLOCK: What do I do? SHATNER: The final frontier. MATT DAMON: I'm going to have to sc

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Floating free in the hostile vacuum of space, astronauts push the boundaries of exploration. Join them on an incredible journey as spacecraft Voyager explores the solar system. From planetary orbit, the earth and heavens look serene. But the vacuum

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By David McAlary Washington 02 June 2006 The two U.S. and Russian International Space Station crewmen stepped outside the outpost for a spacewalk to perform maintenance chores as the U.S. space agency

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By Kent Klein Washington 03 June 2008 Astronauts at the International Space Station have attached a $1 billion Japanese laboratory to the orbiting outpost. During a space walk Tuesday, mission specialists Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan unlocked the

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A second health care worker in Dallas has diagnosed with Ebola. CDC officials say the nurse will be flown to Atlanta for treatment. She was part of a hospital team in Texas that cared for a Liberian man who died from Ebola last week. Prosecutors call

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A Chinese astronaut has made the historic first step in outer space for his country. With the successful spacewalk, China has become the third country, after the United States and Russia, to do so. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing. In this video gr

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By David McAlary Washington 10 July 2006 U.S. space shuttle astronauts are on their second spacewalk in three days, acting as orbiting mechanics at the International Space Station. They are making repairs to the outpost's cooling system and its rail

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By David McAlary Washington 13 September 2006 The International Space Station (ISS) spreads its new solar wings Thursday. Spacewalking astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis have spent two days preparing them for operation, and now they are

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By Alex Villarreal Washington 01 November 2007 NASA has delayed yet again the fourth spacewalk of U.S. shuttle Discovery's two-week mission to boost the capability of the International Space Station. The walk, originally set for Thursday, was first m

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WASHINGTON, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. astronauts conducted the fourth and final scheduled spacewalks for space shuttle Endeavour 's STS-134 mission on Friday morning, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced. The seve

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By Sean Maroney Washington 15 December 2006 Astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Discovery have successfully rewired half of the International Space Station to run on its permanent power system. VOA's Sean Maroney reports from Washington with deta

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By David McAlary Washington 08 July 2006 Astronaut Mike Fossum, left, helps astronaut Piers Sellers, right, with tools in Discovery's payload bay during spacewalk, July 8, 2006 Two U.S. shuttle astronauts bounced at the end of a long pole in space S

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1. The confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks calls his war crimes trial at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base an inquisition, not a trial. And Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who faces the death penalty said hed welcome becoming a martyr. 2. In an extraordinary

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1. Roger Clemens and his former trainer Brain McNamee stuck to their guns before Congressional Committee. Both men were grilled by lawmakers about steroid use in baseball. Clemens said he has never taken steroids or human growth hormone. 2. He's cal

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