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The crew of the International Space Station marked the 10th anniversary of continuous human occupation of the orbiting science laboratory with a typical workday, pausing only briefly for a chat with NASA chief Charles Bolden and questions from international reporters. "It's kind of...

Motorists get free gasoline EVANSTON, Ill., -- About 600 customers in northern Illinois got nearly 7,000 gallons of free gas from the Evanston Shell gas station in a two-hour promotion, officials said. The promotion Friday was one of several across the country to promote Shell's...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan – A Russian rocket with a U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts onboard blasted off successfully early Friday for the International Space Station, with flame-haired Russian spy Anna Chapman making an unexpected appearance at the cosmodrome to wave them goodbye. The...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German dairy farmer has come up with a novel way to drum up new business -- he opened a "milk filling station." The "Milchtankstelle" near Cologne in the town of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid dispenses the output of 78 cows from a stainless steel vending machine. Customers can...

Cargo ship reaches space station HOUSTON, (UPI) -- An unmanned cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station Sunday, two days later after its initial attempt failed, NASA said. The ISS Progress 38 hooked to the aft end of the space station's Zvezda service module "flawlessly"...

A faulty radio link forced an unmanned Russian cargo ship to abort its docking at the International Space Station on Friday, U.S. and Russian space officials said. The glitch between the two vehicles occurred about 25 minutes before the Progress ship was due to automatically park itself at a...

MOSCOW (AFP) – An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship on Friday failed to dock as planned with the International Space Station (ISS) after flying past the facility in a rare mishap, mission control said. The Progress M-06M cargo ship, launched on June 30, is carrying 2.6 tonnes of fuel, food...

n unmanned Russian cargo ship veered out of control near the International Space Station on Friday, sailing clear past the orbiting lab instead of docking on autopilot, as engineers on Earth struggle to determine what went wrong. The robotic cargo ship Progress 38 was slated to dock at the...

Rocket in place for space station mission BAIKONUR SPACE CENTER, Kazakhstan, (UPI) -- Russian space officials moved a Soyuz-FG rocket to its launch pad Sunday in preparation for its flight to the International Space Station later this week. The rocket will carry cosmonaut Yuri Yurchihin and...

While many Americans enjoy a long holiday weekend this Memorial Day, there will be no barbecues for astronauts on the International Space Station - and not just because open flames aren't allowed on the spacecraft. The six people living on the space station have a busy weekend of packing ahead...

Union Station re-opened after evacuation WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- Union Station in Washington was evacuated and shut down for a more than an hour Sunday after a report of an unusual odor, Amtrak said. Washington fire officials asked Amtrak to close the busy station at 1:45 p.m. EDT, Amtrak said in...

Atlantis' six astronauts got a little down time up in orbit Saturday on the eve of their departure from the International Space Station. The shuttle crewmen wrapped up the third and final spacewalk of their space station visit Friday. So on Saturday, Mission Control gave them part of the day...

20 May 2010 6:56 a.m. EDT Astronauts on the International Space Station have successfully opened the hatch leading to the station's newest room, the Rassvet module (MRM-1). "Everything looks normal, everything is great," station commander Oleg Kotov radioed down to Mission Control. The...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Atlantis astronauts attached a new Russian chamber to the International Space Station on Tuesday, using a robot arm to drive in the 20-foot-long room that will double as a closet and mini-lab. This was the first time NASA delivered a Russian compartment to the...

Atlantis Docks With Space Station Shuttle Crew Will Install New Russian Compartment and Fresh Batteries; Three Spacewalks Planned (CBS/AP) The shuttle Atlantis glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Sunday, capping a two-day orbital chase that began with blastoff...

Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Max Suraev landed their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday, wrapping up a five-and-a-half-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Suraev, the Soyuz commander, was at the controls of the spacecraft as...

The International Space Station program has won a prestigious aviation award — the 2009 Collier Trophy — in recognition of its strides in advancing aeronautics. The prize was granted by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), and announced Wednesday. 'We are honored to receive this...

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Getting old is the only way to live long. This video was made in the Antwerp, Belgium Central (Train) Station on March 23, 2009, with no warning to the passengers passing through the station. At 8:00 am a recording of Julie Andrews singing 'Do, Re, Mi' begins to play on the public address...