Topic: International Space Station

Atop new NASA leader's agenda: human spaceflight

The Constellation program is gearing up as the shuttle winds down. But other shuttle replacements have been scuttled before.

COLBERT treadmill? NASA tips visor to Colbert Nation's vote

Space tourists: Wait for next seat could be long

Charles Simonyi returned to Earth Wednesday. It was the last trip on which nonastronauts could hitch a ride on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Space tourism temporarily grounded?

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Destiny, Columbus, Zvezda, and Colbert???

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Close call puts focus on traffic jam in space

The International Space Station’s narrow miss last week highlights the risk of collisions with space junk.

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Shuttle Discovery on track for Sunday launch, unless...

After 10 years, space station finally nears completion

The Space Shuttle Discovery will bring the last US-made piece to the space station when it launches Wednesday.

Satellite collision highlights space-junk threat

The collision between a US and Russian satellite some 500 miles above Siberia has raised concerns about the threat posed by orbital garbage.

Opinion: How to warm US-Russia relations

The US should drop its schoolmarmish attitude and cooperate.

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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

P.D James's latest mystery, Space Station spotting from your backyard, 'Traveling Pants 2' on DVD, and more.

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Should we recycle urine on Earth, too?

After five days of tinkering, astronauts aboard the International Space Station ran their first successful test Tuesday of equipment that turns urine into drinking water. Should we try this at home?

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Space station to get ‘home makeover’

A shuttle, launching Friday, will bring a new bathroom, fridge, and water system.

Houston, we have a problem. I've got a hanging chad...