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It’s two down and one to go for Atlantis’ spacewalkers. Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik wound up a successful 6-hour, 8-minute outing after completing their scheduled tasks ahead of schedule and get-ahead jobs. The official end of the spacewalk was at 2:39 p.m. CST. It was the second of the three scheduled during Atlantis’ visit to the International Space Station. The start was a little later than planned, about 8:30 a.m., because a false depressurization alarm had sounded on the station at 8:53 p.m. Friday, interrupting the crews’ sleep and the spacewalkers’ campout in the Quest airlock. The spacewalkers completed the process of reducing ... Read Full Story
 
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An overnight interruption in their preparations will mean that Mission Specialists Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik will head out of the station’s hatch on the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission a little later than planned. The International Space Station again experienced a false depressurization alarm that originated from the new Poisk Mini-Research Module overnight. The station’s automatic response resulted in a shutdown of ventilation systems, which led to two smoke detectors issuing a false alarm, as well – one in the Columbus European laboratory and one in the Quest airlock, where Foreman and Bresnik were camping out as part of the pre-breathe protocol ... Read Full Story
 
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Though it began a little later than planned, the STS-129 crew is awake and starting work on the day’s activities. Their wakeup call came at 3:28 a.m., which gave them 30 extra minutes intended to make up for sleep lost overnight when false depressurization caution alarms sounded on the International Space Station. That occurred just after 7:30 p.m., about 30 minutes after the crew began its sleep period. Although the flight control teams on the ground were able to determine that there was no depressurization occurring, the crew was never in any danger and ventilation fans were shutoff as a precaution. That shutoff kicked ... Read Full Story
 
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Astronauts from the US space shuttle Discovery ventured out of the International Space Station for a third spacewalk that will be the last of their mission. NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang left the ISS on Saturday at 2039 GMT for what is scheduled to be a 6.5 hour spacewalk, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. The pair are "working quickly and efficiently moving ahead of their timeline," NASA said. Their tasks include replacing a failed rate gyro assembly, a device that measures rates for any changes in the station's altitude, with a new one. Olivas is ... Read Full Story
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Astronauts from the US space shuttle Discovery ventured out of the International Space Station on Saturday for a third spacewalk that will be the last of their mission. NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang left the ISS at 2039 GMT for what is expected to be a 6.5 hour spacewalk, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. The pair are expected to "deploy an attachment system" and "replace a device designed to help the station determine its position relative to the Earth," NASA said. Fuglesang, of Sweden, and Olivas on Friday installed a liquid ammonia tank to keep ... Read Full Story
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Boston (DbTechNo) - After performing 3 space walks at the International Space Station, Atlantis astronauts are preparing to return home. The crew is preparing to exit the ISS this afternoon and undock to begin the long voyage back to earth. Atlantis is scheduled to undock from the ISS early on Wednesday and if all goes well will [...]  
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DOUBLE FLYBY ALERT: Space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) this morning at 4:53 a.m. EST. Their separation sets the stage for double flybys of many towns and cities starting Wednesday evening, November 25, when Atlantis and...  
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NASA has pioneered all kinds of irradiated, thermo-stabilized and freeze-dried Thanksgiving delights, like smoked turkey, candied yams and cornbread dressing. But this year, space shuttle Atlantis rocketed off without any special holiday fare because of a late schedule change.  
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On Saturday, November 21, astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik completed the second EVA (extra-vehicular activity) -- NASA's term for a spacewalk -- of their mission. While on the 6 hour, 8 minute EVA, Foreman installed the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS antennas for 2 meters and 70 cm on the Columbus module.  
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Astronauts aboard the orbiting space station and the shuttle Atlantis spent most of the day relaxing after long hours of unloading cargo and working on building the International Space Station. The astronauts spent some time November 24 talking to reporters about the latest mission. The shuttle Atlantis will undock from the space station on Wednesday, and seven astronauts will return to earth on Friday.  
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