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Peggy Whitson - Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson waves to a crowd of well wishers from the top of the airplane steps as she arrives at Chkalovsky airport near Star City along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and South Korean So-yeon Yi. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. (UPI Photo/Bill Ingalls/NASA)

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Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson waves to a crowd of well wishers from the top of the airplane steps as she arrives at Chkalovsky airport near Star City along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and South Korean So-yeon Yi. Whitson, Malechenko and Yi landed their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on April 19, 2008 in central Kazakhstan to complete 192 days in space for Whitson and Malenchenko and 11 days in orbit for Yi. (UPI Photo/Bill Ingalls/NASA)

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Space capsule lands 260 miles off-target

MOSCOW, April 19 (UPI) -- A Russian space capsule carrying the International Space Station crew and a South Korean astronaut landed 260 miles off-target in Kazakhstan, officials said.

Expedition 17 is en route to the ISS

HOUSTON, April 9 (UPI) -- The International Space Station's Expedition 17 crew was en route to a temporary space home Wednesday aboard a Soyuz rocket.

Columbus lab is opened on the ISS

HOUSTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. and European Space Agency astronauts officially opened the ESA's newly installed Columbus laboratory Tuesday aboard the International Space Station.

ISS crew prepares for Tuesday's spacewalk

HOUSTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The International Space Station crew is preparing for a spacewalk Tuesday to inspect the starboard solar array, the U.S. space agency said.

ISS crew prepares for shuttle arrival

HOUSTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- International Space Station crew members were preparing Thursday for next week's launch of space shuttle Atlantis and its mission to the space station.

ISS crew outfits new Harmony node

HOUSTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The International Space Station crew was busy Tuesday and Wednesday with the internal outfitting of the new Harmony node, the U.S. space agency said.

7-hour spacewalk accomplishes mission

HOUSTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. astronauts Peggy Whitson and Dan Tani conducted a 7-hour, 4-minute spacewalk on the International Space Station Saturday to install equipment.

Space station gets an addition, wiring job

HOUSTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Two U.S. astronauts Tuesday worked on power, heating and fluid lines to prepare the International Space Station for a science module next month.

NASA lifts ban on spacewalks

HOUSTON, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- NASA has lifted a temporary ban on spacewalks after investigating a report of a smoky odor during tests of a spacesuit last week.

Smell of smoke halts space walks

HOUSTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- NASA barred spacewalks while experts search for the source of a smoky smell in a space suit worn during a ground test in Houston, officials said Tuesday.

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