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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Despite all odds, Russia's Progress 51 cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday at 8:25 a.m. EDT. A "hard mate" was established when docking hooks were deployed nine minutes later at 8:34 a.m. Progress launched towards the orbiting space lab on Wednesday carrying 2.5 tons of cargo, including 1,764 pounds of propellant, 48 pounds of oxygen, 57 pounds of air, 926 pounds of water and 3,483 pounds of...

Urges Shareholders to Reject Agrium's Vote Buying Plan NEW YORK, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JANA Partners LLC today urged shareholders of Agrium (TSX / NYSE: AGU) to vote their BLUE proxies or VIF "FOR" value-unlocking change by 7:00am Calgary time / 9:00am Eastern time on Friday, April 5 in order to ensure that their votes are counted. Strong Support for JANA: "We want to thank the many Agrium shareholders who have expressed their support and already voted for the independent...

[ Watch the Video ] Continuing the celebration of André Kuipers’ music in space, British rock legend Sir Elton John sent a special message to ESA, André and the crew of the ISS on the 40th anniversary of his classic song ‘Rocket Man’. The accompanying video was recorded during Sir Elton’s Million Dollar Piano Show in Las Vegas, on 17 April, 40 years to the day after his single Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time) was released around the world. Sir Elton...

Astronauts of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and ISS opened the hatches between Node-1 and Node-3 at 03:17 CET (02:17 GMT) this morning and entered their new module. For the moment, the module remains passive, with temporary lighting and ventilation, while it is prepared for the relocation of the Cupola window module.With Node-3 now a part of the International Space Station (ISS), the first racks are being installed. This includes the advanced Resistive Exercise Device and the Air Revitalization...

LONDON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Frost & Sullivan Market Strategy Leadership Award in the European market for integrated facility management (IFM) is presented to ISS. The successful integration of three key strategic elements - total commitment across all business lines, constant development of service capabilities and, a high level of M&A activity - have, and will continue to support the advance of ISS. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO)...

How do you wash your clothes in space? How does food stay fresh if there is no fridge on the ISS? ESA's Frank De Winne is answering these, and many more of your questions, right now, from space.Is there something you always wanted to know about being an astronaut? Or you are just curious about living and working in space? Well, now is the time to ask. Instead of searching the Internet, you can ask an ESA astronaut directly. Frank De Winne, on the International Space Station, is keen to answer...

We've all seen video of astronauts drifting and gliding gracefully around inside the International Space Station like fish in a fishbowl. It looks so relaxing. But as enjoyable as it appears to be, there's a down side to all that freefalling (1)."When astronauts land back on Earth after a long time in space, not only is their vestibular system mixed up and their kinesthetic sense thrown off," says Dr. Benjamin Levine of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, "but...

Since the arrival of three new astronauts to the International Space Station on May 29, the orbiting outpost has become home to six crewmembers for the first time in its history.A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Russian astronaut Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne, of Belgium, and Canadian Robert Thirsk on Friday docked with the ISS where they were met by the current ISS crew of Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.The current...

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station on Friday.Russian astronaut Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne of Belgium, and Canadian Robert Thirsk will meet with the current ISS crew of Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata."The space capsule docked with the ISS at 4:34 pm Moscow time (1234 GMT)," said Russian mission control spokesman Valery Lyndin."The...

Agreement with ISS France facilitated by local partner, displaces competitor's high-priced tokens DALLAS, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As budgets tighten amidst unpredictable financial times, organizations are learning the benefits of migrating to affordable, proven authentication methods to help secure enterprise access and resources. ISS France, a segment of the ISS global facility services group, understands this advantage and ended their dependence on high-priced hardware tokens...