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International Space Station
 Astronauts take another spacewalk for tamer jobThe space station's two Russian astronauts stepped outside for the second time in less than a week Tuesday, taking a spacewalk that proved to be tame compared to last week's work with explosives.
Hamilton Sundstrand protests NASA contract
Hamilton Sundstrand has protested NASA's selection of a Texas company to supply the space agency's next-generation space suit.  Columbia's Terry Virts: Faith in orbitTerry Virts has spent the past eight years training as a space shuttle pilot to prepare for his mission to the International Space Station next fall. Virts, 40, was raised in Columbia and attended Oakland Mills High before enrolling at the Air Force Academy. He prepared for his career as an astronaut by spending nearly a decade flying F-16 fighter planes for the military, including several flights over Iraq. Virts, who resides in Houston with his wife, Stacy and two kids Matthew, 9, and Stephanie, 6, returned to his hometown to speak at the Maryland Science Center last week, a day after throwing the first pitch at the Orioles' game — and yes, he threw a strike.
New Mars findings shape future exploration
This week’s photos of ice evaporating in the dry Martian air and analyses at the Phoenix Mars Lander could shape the missions of Mars explorers not yet born. |
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