We're the only craft capable of bringing significant cargo back from the space station.
At the moment, Soyuz is used at Baikonur to launch astronauts to the International Space Station.
The ATVs are used to deliver experimental equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.
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The five Atlantis astronauts are the space station's first visitors in more than two months.
China would only learn from us about how to operate with a civil space station.
That set the stage for the spacewalk involving three of the space station's six-man crew.
Both Marshburn and Hadfield are scheduled to leave the space station at 7:08 p.m.
The ammonia coursing through the plumbing is used to cool the space station's electronic equipment.
"Gloved fingers crossed, " space station commander Chris Hadfield said in a tweet from inside.
And Suni Williams, an astronaut who took recently took charge of the International Space Station.
Two shuttles are on the launch pads being prepared for trips to the international space station.
They're hauling the billion-dollar lab to the International Space Station for a rendezvous tomorrow.
And, like the International Space Station, the scientific reasons for developing it are almost non-existent.
It is now on a path to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday.
The shuttle did some extraordinary work in low-orbit experiments, the International Space Station, moving cargo.
Upon their departure, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford too command of the International Space Station.
He acknowledged that leaving the space station without any crew members increased the risk for trouble.
"We're going to do what's safest for the crew and for the space station, " Suffredini said.
American astronaut visitations to the Russian MIR space station extended this spirit of cooperation and diplomacy.
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The cargo capsule will continue its orbit Wednesday as it travels toward the space station.
One stolen laptop contained algorithms that are used to command the International Space Station.
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You have two days of orbit before you connect to the International Space Station.
Old space station equipment and other items will be removed by SpaceX in McGregor.
Mr. KIRK SHIREMAN (Deputy Program Manager, International Space Station): Today, the toilet is functioning.
This marks the first successful cargo mission to the space station by a private company.
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The population on board the space station is to grow to six next spring.
The last few months have been a little harrowing for the International Space Station.
It will be also be in roughly the same orbit as the Russian space station Mir.
Since Expedition 1 in 2000, the space station has been visited by 204 astronauts.
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Information about the planned International Space Station is also available on this site.
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