Crewmembers from the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery opened the Harmony module hatch for the first time Saturday. Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson said, “We think Harmony is a good name for this module, because it represents the culmination of a lot of international partner work and will allow additional international partner modules […]

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Crewmembers from the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery gathered in the new Harmony module Saturday to talk with the media.

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In honor of European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli of Italy, Mission Control played “Bellisime Stelle” for Saturday’s wakeup call, performed by Andrea Bocelli.

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The first of five spacewalks planned for the current space shuttle mission is complete. Astronauts Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock spent a little more than six hours outside the docked International Space Station/Space Shuttle Discovery complex on Friday.
During their excursion, Parazynski and Wheelock removed a broken antenna from the station and disconnected power cables between […]

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