HOUSTON — Four astronauts will turn the international space station into an orbital construction zone during three complicated spacewalks . Working in teams of two, the spacewalkers and their fellow ...

The STS-115 crew successfully completed the full deployment of the International Space Station’s new set of solar arrays at 8:44 a.m. EDT. The new arrays span a total of 240 feet and have a width of ...

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Astronauts on board Space Shuttle Atlantis today got a much deserved day off having completed three highly successful space walks that put the International Space Station back under construction.

Other than a completely successful mission, a key focus of the STS-115 astronauts in final training for liftoff on Atlantis is the shuttle malfunctions that could cause survivable but time-critical ...