The spider lived for 100 days on board the International Space Station as part of the YouTube Space Lab challenge, where NASA took suggestions for experiments aboard the International Space Station from 14-18 year olds.
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The competitions will center on NASA's famous space robot Robonaut 2 aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, currently is working with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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"We have a unique vantage point here aboard the International Space Station, " he said.
Astronauts aboard the international space station periodically are forced to take emergency steps to deal with threats.
Today astronauts from different backgrounds, countries and walks of life are working together aboard the International Space Station.
Her brother-in-law, also an astronaut, is currently aboard the International Space Station.
Meanwhile, astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station have said they could see the oil spill while passing over the Gulf of Mexico.
The crew has been aboard the International Space Station since mid-December.
When the belts expand, they can pose dangers to satellites orbiting Earth, and even the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, which orbits about 240 miles high (390 km).
"Robotics is playing a key role aboard the International Space Station and will be critical in our future human exploration of deep space, " said Michael Gazarik, director of NASA's Space Technology Program.
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"The Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station received an 'all clear' to move out of their Soyuz vehicles after a small piece of a Russian Cosmos satellite debris passed by the complex without incident early Saturday, " the statement said.
Following the retirement of the US space shuttle in 2011, the only way to transfer astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) is aboard the three-seat Russian Soyuz vehicle.
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Alien superbugs and space spiders are the subjects of two student-designed science experiments due to launch toward the International Space Station today (July 20) aboard a robotic Japanese spacecraft.
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