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Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko go outside the station Thursday afternoon to inspect their Soyuz spacecraft and retrieve a pyrotechnic bolt. › Spacewalk Details | › Space Station Section

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NASA Prepares to Return to Hubble

Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-125 astronauts will make repairs and upgrades to the telescope, leaving it better than ever and ready for another five years – or more – of research. The Final Visit | › Hubble Mission Overview

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Launch Pad 39A

A backhoe is used during repair work under way on the flame trench on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Damage to the trench occurred during the launch of Discovery on the STS-124 mission. A 75- by 20-foot section of the east wall was destroyed...

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