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German Chancellor Merkel meets astronauts

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met European and U.S. astronauts this week in Berlin.

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Astronauts complete spacewalk duties

NASA says two astronauts upgraded science facilities for studying the sun during a seven-hour spacewalk Friday outside the shuttle Atlantis.

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Second STS-122 spacewalk ends at the ISS

Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts conducted a six-hour, 45-minute spacewalk Wednesday at the International Space Station, installing a nitrogen tank assembly.

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Columbus lab is opened on the ISS

U.S. and European Space Agency astronauts officially opened the ESA's newly installed Columbus laboratory Tuesday aboard the International Space Station.

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First spacewalk of STS-122 is completed

The U.S. space agency said astronauts Rex Walheim and Stanley Love completed the STS-122 mission's first spacewalk Monday -- a 7-hour, 58-minute adventure.

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Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off

Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Thursday afternoon from the Kennedy Space Center, beginning an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA: Atlantis ready for Thursday launch

The U.S. space agency started the countdown Monday for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA assigns STS-122 crew

NASA announced crew assignments Thursday for the STS-122 space shuttle mission, which is scheduled for October 2007.

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German astronaut to make second space trip

The European Space Agency says Hans Schlegel of Germany will fly on the October 2007 space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

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Shuttle returns home after station visit

The shuttle Atlantis crewmembers sailed their spaceship through clear Florida skies Friday, touching down near the vehicle's launch site after a successful miss

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Rex Joseph Walheim (born October 10, 1962) is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He has flown two space shuttle missions, STS-110 and STS-122 and has logged over 566 hours in space, including 36 hours and 23 minutes of spacewalk (EVA) time. He is currently assigned to STS-135, the final space shuttle mission.

Waldheim was born in Redwood City, California but considers San Carlos, California his hometown.

Walheim graduated from San Carlos High School in 1980 and received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984. He then received a master of science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Houston in 1989.

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