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Moving Day for Space Station Robot

This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman, left, and astronaut Richard Linnehan work outside the international space station putting together Dextre, the final element of the stationÂ’s Mobile Servicing System which is designed for station maintenance and service on Saturday March 15, 2008. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. The Canadian-built Dextre, which cost more than $200 million and was flown up on Endeavour. The hope is that the robot eventually will take over some of the more punishing chores, like lugging around big replacement parts. (AP Photo/NASA)

Astronauts to Attach Robot to Station

This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman, left, and astronaut Richard Linnehan work outside the international space station putting together Dextre, the final element of the station?s Mobile Servicing System which is designed for station maintenance and service on Saturday March 15, 2008. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. The Canadian-built Dextre, which cost more than $200 million and was flown up on Endeavour. The hope is that the robot eventually will take over some of the more punishing chores, like lugging around big replacement parts. (AP Photo/NASA) (AP)

Astronauts to Attach Robot to Station

This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman, left, and astronaut Richard Linnehan work outside the international space station putting together Dextre, the final element of the stationÂ’s Mobile Servicing System which is designed for station maintenance and service on Saturday March 15, 2008. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. The Canadian-built Dextre, which cost more than $200 million and was flown up on Endeavour. The hope is that the robot eventually will take over some of the more punishing chores, like lugging around big replacement parts. (AP Photo/NASA)

Spacewalking astronauts stepped outside Monday night to give the space station's new robot some eyes and a set of tools. It was the third spacewalk of shuttle Endeavour's visit to the station, each one aimed at putting together Dextre, the giant robo

In this image from NASA TV, Space Shuttle Endeavour, right, is shown docked with the space station. Inside, astronauts aboard the space station get ready for their third spacewalk.

Space station astronauts test handyman robot

This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman, left, and astronaut Richard Linnehan work outside the international space station putting together Dextre, the final element of the station's Mobile Servicing System which is designed for station maintenance and service on Saturday.

Congress Weighs Cost of Continuing Space Station and Retirement of Space Shuttle

The International Space Station (ISS), the most complex scientific space project ever attempted, remains incomplete. NASA expects the station's final construction cost will be $31 billion and expects sustainment costs through the station's planned retirement in fiscal year 2016 to total $11 billion.

Shuttle Lifts Off for Longest-Ever Space Station Mission

For the first time since space station construction began nearly 10 years ago, all five major partners were about to own a piece of the orbiting real estate. The launch of the first section of Kibo, or Hope, finally propelled Japan into the space station action. "With this flight I believe that we finally became a real partner of the (space station) project," said Keiji Tachikawa, head of the Japanese Space agency.

ATV Jules Verne Boosts Space Station to Higher Orbit (Video)

For the first time since docking with the International Space Station (ISS) on April 3rd, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) "Jules Verne" has been awoken and instructed to carry out an impressive task: push the ISS to a higher orbit. The robotic supply vessel, currently attached to the station's Zvezda module carried out a 12 minute 20 second burn of its main engines. This is the first time an ESA spaceship has carried out such a task and it appears to have performed flawlessly, lifting the 280 tonne station 4.5 km (2.8 miles) to a new altitude of 342 km (213 miles). In true ESA style, they've even released a cool video simulation of the event…

Traffic Jam at the Space Station

Space traffic control will be needed at the International Space Station as a busy timeframe of missions and resupply flights continue for our home port in space. In a choreographed ballet of spaceships, ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) resupply ship and NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour are scheduled to liftoff on March 9 and 11, respectively, to dock with the ISS, while a third - Russia's Soyuz - is due to arrive early in April. The heavy traffic comes just a few weeks after Space Shuttle Atlantis left the ISS on February 18, delivering the Columbus science lab to the station. With Endeavour scheduled to be docked to the ISS from March 13 – 24, the ATV must patiently wait in a “parking orbit,� travelling in a holding pattern below the station, and will then dock after the shuttle leaves.

NASA Sets Briefing for April Space Station Crew Change

HOUSTON, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a briefing at 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, April 2, to preview the activities of the next residents of the International Space Station and to look back at the accomplishments of the current station crew. The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center and will be broadcast live on NASA Television. Questions will be taken from reporters at participating NASA locations. Conducted on the eve of the docking of the Jules Verne European Automated Transfer Vehicle to the station, the briefing will focus on the upcoming Expedition 17 mission. Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko, along with South Korean Spaceflight Participant So-yeon Yi, will launch April 8 on a Soyuz spacecraft from Kazakhstan.

Europe's Automated Cargo Shuttle Docks With Space Station

An anonymous reader writes "A successful docking of the Automated Transfer Vehicle dubbed 'Jules Verne' occurred earlier this week. The first of its kind, the crewless ship reached orbit and lightly touched up against the international space station on Thursday. By now astronauts on the ISS will have opened its doors and begun air circulation in preparation of offloading the nearly 7.5 tons of fuel, oxygen, food, clothing and equipment they need to survive. The EU Space Agency sees this as a historic journey for the program: 'The Jules Verne, named after the visionary French science fiction author, is the first of a new class of station supply ships called Automatic Transfer Vehicles. The craft was built by the nations of the European Space Agency as one of Europe's major contributions to the international station.

ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle

The ATV will dock with the Station's Zvezda Service Module. It will carry a 7.4 tonne payload that includes water, oxygen and propellant. Four tonnes of the propellant will be used to reboost the Station at regular intervals; another 860 kg will be transferred to the Station for attitude and orbit control. ATV will be a separate transfer vehicle with avionics and propulsion capability. Launched by Ariane-5E, it will resemble a regular satellite payload protected by Ariane's fairing. Equipped with a set of engines and with solar panels, it will include a separate pressurised payload container. Controlled from the ATV Control Centre in Europe, its docking manoeuvres will be coordinated with the Space Station Control Center at Houston and with the Russian control centre near Moscow.

Up and Running in Space

Dextre’s got juice. The new Canadian robot for the International Space Station, known as Dextre, had been unable to draw power from the station because of an improperly configured data cable in its storage platform. The $209 million device would have been ruined by the cold of space within days. Astronauts fixed the problem Friday night by connecting Dextre to a power source on the station’s robot arm. Astronauts also entered the new room for the station, a part of the Kibo science laboratory and the first major component from Japan.

Robot Gets Eyes, Tools in Spacewalk

This photo made from NASA TV shows shuttle astronaut Michael Foreman, left, and astronaut Richard Linnehan work outside the international space station putting together Dextre, the final element of the station?s Mobile Servicing System which is designed for station maintenance and service on Saturday March 15, 2008. The robot's hands were attached to its 11-foot arms during the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station trip. This time, astronauts aimed to connect the arms to the shoulders. The Canadian-built Dextre, which cost more than $200 million and was flown up on Endeavour. The hope is that the robot eventually will take over some of the more punishing chores, like lugging around big replacement parts. (AP Photo/NASA) (AP)

Astronauts at space station kick off first of five spacewalks

International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson floats cross-legged in the Harmony module of the station during preparation for the opening of the hatches between the two spacecraft in this image from NASA TV March 12, 2008.

International Space Station orbit correction was conducted with the engines of the European ATV Jules Ve...

MOSCOW, April 25 (Itar-Tass) - International Space Station orbit correction was conducted with the engines of the European ATV Jules Verne cargo craft on Friday for the first time. The Jules Verne docked with the station on April 3.

Pittsburgh subway station tile mural worth $15 million

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A mural in a subway station is worth $15 million, more than the cash-strapped transit agency expected, raising questions about how it should be cared for once it is removed before the station is demolished.

Columbus laboratory arrives at Space Station

Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station today. Inside the Shuttle’s payload bay is the European Columbus laboratory which will be installed on the Station during a spacewalk on Sunday. Follow the mission on ESA's Columbus Blog or live on NASA TV.

Renewed Museum Subway Station an Inspiring Step Forward for Toronto

TORONTO, April 8 /CNW/ - 11 a.m., Tuesday April 8th marks the official opening of the dramatically redesigned Museum Subway Station on the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge-University-Spadina subway line. The highlight of the opening will be the unwrapping of the spectacular columns designed to reflect the historical treasures of the recently reinvigorated Royal Ontario Museum and the Gardiner Museum which stand above the station.

Yi Arrives at Space Station

Scientists watch the Soyuz TMA12 spacecraft docking with the International Space Station on screens at the Mission Control Center in Moscow, Thursday night. The spacecraft carried South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-yeon to the station.

Now that the space station's new robot is fully assembled, astronauts prepared to attach the giant machine directly to the orbiting outpost for the first time on Tuesday.

In this image from NASA TV, Space Shuttle Endeavour, right, is shown docked with the space station. Inside, astronauts aboard the space station get ready for their third spacewalk.

Endeavour heads to space station with Japanese, Canadian additions

Washington - US space shuttle Endeavour is set to launch on a mission to the International Space Station early Tuesday, carrying major additions to the station from both Japan and Canada. The first section of the Japanese-made Kibo laboratory and a robotic system of the Canadian Space Agency will be transported up by Endeavour's seven-member crew, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 2:28 am (6:28 GMT) Tuesday.

NASA Moves Endeavour, Space Station Crew News Conference

HOUSTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The news conference with the 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, originally scheduled for 11:18 p.m. CDTSunday, March 23, has been moved to an hour earlier, and will begin at 10:18 p.m. The change in time was made to improve the downlink television capability from the space station. Media may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida; and NASA Headquarters in Washington. The phone bridge used for after business hours briefings will not be available. A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Japanese reporters at the Johnson Space Center and a French radio network selected by the European Space Agency.

NASA Moves Endeavour, Space Station Crew News Conference

HOUSTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The news conference with the 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, originally scheduled for 11:18 p.m. CDT Sunday, March 23, has been moved to an hour earlier, and will begin at 10:18 p.m. The change in time was made to improve the downlink television capability from the space station. Media may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida; and NASA Headquarters in Washington. The phone bridge used for after business hours briefings will not be available. A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Japanese reporters at the Johnson Space Center and a French radio network selected by the European Space Agency.

Korean Astronaut Arrives at Space Station

Korea¡¯s first astronaut Yi So-yeon arrived at the International Space Station at 12:40 a.m. on Friday. On arrival, Yi promised to do her best to carry out her missions. The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Yi docked at the ISS at 9:57 p.m. Thursday, and astronauts spent three hours to firmly secure the spacecraft to the ISS and stabilize atmospheric pressure before entering the space station.

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