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# International Space Station

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2023
# NASA
Astronauts return to Earth after five-month mission at the International Space Station
Their capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast near Tampa.
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Mar 12th 2023, 7:46 AM
# NASA
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off for International Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched at 05:34 Irish time this morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre.
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Mar 2nd 2023, 7:00 AM
# Space
Russia to send new capsule to return crew from ISS as Soyuz suffers meteorite strike
The Soyuz MS-22 will have to return to earth crewless due to damage to the craft.
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Jan 11th 2023, 5:00 PM
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# Space Oddity
'Drop everything and go': Russian spacewalk cut short due to issue with faulty suit
Wednesday’s mission was the seventh spacewalk for Oleg Artemyev.
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Aug 17th 2022, 10:40 PM
# Liftoff
SpaceX launches three private visitors to space station for €50 million each
It is SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for Nasa.
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Apr 8th 2022, 5:14 PM
# Space
Future of International Space Station in the balance, Russian official says
Space is one of the last remaining areas of co-operation between Moscow and western nations.
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Apr 2nd 2022, 1:56 PM
All time
# International Space Station
SpaceX returns four astronauts to Earth in rare night splashdown
The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.
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May 2nd 2021, 9:25 AM
# blast off
SpaceX launches third crew on recycled rocket with computer experiment by two Irish schoolgirls on board
The 17-year-old are the first Irish students to have had their computer experiment for the International Space Station accepted.
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Apr 23rd 2021, 1:03 PM
# Space
Space trio return to Earth after six months aboard orbiting station
A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
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Apr 17th 2021, 3:30 PM
# NASA
Spacewalking astronauts prepare station for new solar wings
Mission Control said it would need to work on “kindergarten skills” after some painted lines were slightly off.
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Feb 28th 2021, 4:35 PM
# up up and away
Three men paying €45 million each to be part of crew on first private trip to International Space Station
The three men will receive 15 weeks of training in advance of the flight next January.
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Jan 26th 2021, 8:01 PM
# SpaceX
SpaceX capsule with four astronauts successfully reaches International Space Station
The four astronauts aboard the Dragon capsule will remain at the ISS for six months.
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Nov 17th 2020, 7:07 AM
# SpaceX
SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station
The flight to the space station – 27.5 hours door to door – should be entirely automated.
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Nov 16th 2020, 7:13 AM
# air leak
Air leak on space station forces astronauts awake to seal hatches in the middle of the night
Nasa said that the two Russians and one American on board were awakened late on Monday.
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Sep 29th 2020, 10:00 PM
# orbital
'Please come aboard': SpaceX crew enter International Space Station after historic journey
Docking took place at 3.16pm Irish time and the astronauts entered some three hours later.
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May 31st 2020, 6:42 PM
# ISS
After more than 200 days in space, an International Space Station crew has landed safely on Earth
A crew member said “the Earth still looks just as stunning as always” from above during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Apr 17th 2020, 10:14 AM
# Watch this space
Record-breaking US astronaut returns to Earth after longest mission by woman
Christina Koch also made history as one half of the first-ever all-woman spacewalk.
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Feb 6th 2020, 1:08 PM
# Space
Nasa astronauts make history as they begin first ever all-female spacewalk
There have been 227 spacewalkers since the first spacewalk in 1965 and all of them have included a male.
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Oct 18th 2019, 4:13 PM
# International Space Station
NASA reportedly investigating first allegation of a crime in space
NASA astronaut Anne McClain has admitted to accessing her ex-partner’s bank account from the International Space Station.
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Aug 24th 2019, 5:01 PM
# Star Tours
NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020
Private astronauts may soon be able to visit the ISS for $35,000 a night.
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Jun 7th 2019, 7:11 PM
# Spaced Out
Nasa scraps first ever all-women spacewalk due to lack of available spacesuits to fit them
Nasa said it does its best to anticipate the spacesuit sizes, but that a person’s body may change when they’re in orbit.
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Mar 26th 2019, 3:20 PM
# NASA
SpaceX Dragon capsule docks with International Space Station
The announcement was met with applause at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
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Mar 3rd 2019, 1:52 PM
# International Space Station
'Thank God they're alive': Crew of Soyuz rocket safe after emergency landing
The rocket landed in Kazakhstan.
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Oct 11th 2018, 11:04 AM
# Dragon
SpaceX capsule reaches space station with food and experiments
The supply capsule launched on Monday from Florida.
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Apr 4th 2018, 5:57 PM
# to boldly grow
Japanese astronaut apologises after saying he'd grown 9cm while in space
His Russian captain suspected that 9cm was “too much elongation”. He was right.
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Jan 10th 2018, 2:45 PM
# Peggy Whitson
Pictures: After 9 months in space, record-breaking astronaut returns to Earth
Peggy and two of her colleagues landed in Kazakhstan this morning.
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Sep 3rd 2017, 9:57 AM
# Made for Spacewalkin'
'Victory' as astronauts fix power box during critical space walk
It was unclear what caused the MDM to fail.
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May 23rd 2017, 8:06 PM
# we have liftoff
European Space Agency gives go-ahead for Ireland's first satellite
An Irish project was selected by the ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! (FYS) programme.
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May 23rd 2017, 9:23 AM
# out of world record
'That's fantastic': Record-breaking astronaut receives congratulatory call from Donald Trump
The International Space Station’s commander surpassed the record of 534 days, two hours and 48 minutes for most accumulated time in space.
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Apr 24th 2017, 9:24 PM
# abort abort abort
Last-minute glitch forces SpaceX rocket to cancel launch with 13 seconds left on countdown
The earliest a relaunch can be attempted is tomorrow morning.
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Feb 18th 2017, 5:19 PM
# Friends in high places
Bono wanted the Clintons to help him call the International Space Station
In fairness to him, he got his wish in the end.
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Aug 24th 2016, 12:36 PM
# spaceman
British astronaut lands safely on Earth after historic six-month Space trip
Tim Peake was the first astronaut to fly to space under the UK banner in 25 years.
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Jun 18th 2016, 10:44 AM
# good view
Dublin was looking very nice from space today
The blue skies made it easy to see from the International Space Station.
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Apr 20th 2016, 9:36 PM
# Take a Break
Take a break and watch this stunning timelapse of Earth's horizon
It’s hump day – give yourself a little breather…
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Apr 6th 2016, 10:57 AM
# Take a Break
Watch: Violent storms, bright lights and dark seas - The view from 250 miles high
Astronaut Tim Peake tweeted the timelapse from ISS.
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Feb 10th 2016, 10:59 AM
# Take a Break
This astronaut is taking stunning photos of Earth from space
Scott Kelly is in the final stretch of a year-long mission on the ISS, which orbits Earth every 92.91 minutes.
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Jan 5th 2016, 11:00 AM
# International Space Station
All female Russian space crew asked about not being around men and having no make up
The scientists involved had some fairly curt responses for the journalists involved.
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Oct 28th 2015, 10:18 PM
# Aurora
The best place to see the Northern Lights? From space...
The timelapse was taken during a sunrise.
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Aug 17th 2015, 11:44 AM
# SpaceX
Tiny steel part blamed for rocket explosion that caused $110 million damage
Back to the drawing board for Elon Musk’s company.
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Jul 21st 2015, 6:30 PM
Voices
We're getting children excited about outer space at an earlier age
My inner space nerd was delighted to be accepted onto the European Space Agency’s workshop for primary school teachers.
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Jul 19th 2015, 12:00 PM
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