NASA ASTRONAUT MIKE FINCKE PREPARE FOR FLIGHT ABOARD A RUSSIAN SOYUZ CRAFT
NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke gives his "thumbs up" gesture as he participated in a press conference today, April 18 at the Cosmonaut Hotel near the Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Mr. Fincke will launch on board a Russian built Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station on Monday at approximately 9:19 AM local time. (UPI Photo, Joe Marino) .
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HOUSTON, May 27 (UPI) -- Astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour Friday completed the last of four spacewalks in the current mission to the International Space State, NASA said.
HOUSTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Astronauts Drew Feustel and Mike Fincke Wednesday completed a spacewalk to conduct maintenance on the International Space Station, NASA said.
HOUSTON, May 22 (UPI) -- Two U.S. astronauts finished an 8-hour operation outside the International Space Station Sunday, the sixth-longest spacewalk ever, NASA said.
HOUSTON, May 20 (UPI) -- U.S. spacewalkers at the International Space Station completed the first step to repair a slow leak in a thermal control system cooling loop, NASA said Friday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 17 (UPI) -- Endeavour's crew made a routine scan of the spacecraft's thermal protection system ahead of its upcoming docking at the International Space Station, NASA said.
HOUSTON, April 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says two members of the International Space Station's Expedition18th crew and a space flight participant have returned safely to Earth.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke has made a 35-minute high-definition video tour of the International Space Station.
HOUSTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Two members of the International Space Station crew have begun a spacewalk to install experiments and an electromagnetic energy probe, NASA said Monday night.
HOUSTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- NASA officials say a Russian spacecraft carrying video mogul Richard Garriott and two other flyers docked Tuesday with the International Space Station.
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The son of a U.S. astronaut blasted off Sunday from Kazakhstan as a tourist aboard a Russian rocket headed for the International Space Station.
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