Panel: Near Fatal Helmet Leak During Spacewalk Was Preventable
Last summer's helmet leak during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station which almost killed an Italian astronaut could have been prevented.
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Last summer's helmet leak during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station which almost killed an Italian astronaut could have been prevented.
The International Space Station just put the trash out, so to speak, releasing its orbiting lab and leaving it with one less capsule on its hands.
A pair of Russian astronauts wrapped up a camera job and several other things on their to-do list with a spacewalk on Monday.
After nearly a month of delays, Christmas has finally arrived for the six space station astronauts. A privately launched supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday morning, three days after blasting off from Virginia.
Two American astronauts flew higher than Santa Tuesday as they took part in a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk to pop in a new pump for the space station's cooling system.
Success in space Saturday after two astronauts removed an old space station pump, sailing through the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks to revive a crippled cooling line.
A crippled cooling line at the International Space Station prompted a spacewalking Saturday for two astronauts.
NASA will send two Expedition 38 astronauts on spacewalks over the weekend and on Christmas Day.
There is trouble aboard the International Space Station and two astronauts will have to perform an emergency spacewalk to fix a bad pump on an external cooling system.
There's a pump problem on the International Space Station. On Wednesday, the pump module on one of the space station's two external cooling loops automatically shut down.
To mark the 15th anniversary of the International Space Station, some of the astronauts who helped hook up the first two pieces are returning to Florida for the occasion.
A former high level NASA manager who also helped the private sector develop spacecraft pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to a conflict-of-interest charge.
After a week's delay, NASA's newest delivery service has arrived at the International Space Station with more than a half-ton of meals and special treats.
In their second spacewalk in under a week, two Russian cosmonauts installed a new telescope mount on the International Space Station despite a flaw in the device.
Italy's first spacewalking astronaut, after a leak flooded his helmet with water Tuesday while trying to performance maintenance at International Space Station, believes he now knows what it feels like to be a goldfish.
A six-hour spacewalk, scheduled for continued maintenance at the International Space Station, was cut short Tuesday due to a dangerous leak in one of the astronaut's helmets.
A list of pending chores, which includes collecting science experiments, sent two astronauts to the International Space Station Tuesday.
A who's-who of NASA officials, astronauts, and former astronauts gathered at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday to get an up-close view of the last space shuttle to travel to space.
A pair of Russian astronauts donned space suits and took care of some much needed maintenance outside the orbiting International Space Station.
A spacewalk will most likely be necessary to fix an ammonia leak on aboard the International Space Station, the commander said Friday.
Packed with science samples collected by the crew of the International Space Station, the privately owned cargo ship Dragon is headed back to Earth.
The privately owned SpaceX Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station a day later than expected due to a thruster problem.
The astronauts aboard the International Space Station temporarily lost contact with NASA on Tuesday.
A pair astronauts aboard the International Space Station are performing a spacewalk to track down an ammonia leak in a critical radiator system.
They're not calling it a superstorm for nothing. Sandy, the storm that has been ravaging the East Coast, is enormous, even when seen from space.
No one is in custody; detectives say they believe the shooting was an isolated incident.
Duviel Aleman says he would have been in the van with his father on that day, but was home recovering from appendicitis.
Walk-ins were cut off by late morning due to demand; a second screening is scheduled for Oct. 1.
Neighbors are getting fed up with a used car dealer who they say is storing vehicles on the sidewalk and in front of homes in northwest Miami-Dade.
According to Hialeah police, the carjacking took place in the parking lot of Palmetto Hospital on West 68th Street.
No one is in custody; detectives say they believe the shooting was an isolated incident.
Duviel Aleman says he would have been in the van with his father on that day, but was home recovering from appendicitis.
Walk-ins were cut off by late morning due to demand; a second screening is scheduled for Oct. 1.
Neighbors are getting fed up with a used car dealer who they say is storing vehicles on the sidewalk and in front of homes in northwest Miami-Dade.
According to Hialeah police, the carjacking took place in the parking lot of Palmetto Hospital on West 68th Street.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
The price hikes for new subscribers are effective immediately. Existing subscribers' plans will go up next month.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.