Topic: Gregory Chamitoff

By: Mike Wall Published: 01/13/2012 04:18 PM EST on Space. . A new documentary about space tourist Richard Garriott's flight to the International...
The crew of the US space shuttle Endeavour wrapped up their fourth and final spacewalk Friday, a walkabout that surpassed the 1,000th hour of such trips to build the International Space Station.The marathon seven hour, 24 minute spacewalk began at ...

Damaged shuttle tile to get closer look: NASA

NASA plans to take a closer look Saturday at a damaged heat shield tile on the underbelly of the space shuttle Endeavour, but mission managers downplayed the inspection as no cause for concern.After mission managers closely examined seven chipped tiles on ...

Endeavour astronauts stroll out for spacewalk

0 . NASA managers cut short a task on Friday's otherwise routine spacewalk by two Endeavour astronauts because of a spacesuit sensor problem, but ...
A crew of astronaut plumbers and electricians arrived at the International Space Station aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour on Sunday to add an extra kitchen, bathroom and new bedrooms to the orbiting laboratory. Under the deft control of shuttle commander Chris Ferguson ...

Shuttle heads for station docking

Space shuttle soars toward 220-mile-high rendezvous with space stationSpeeding 17,000 miles an hour around Earth, space shuttle Endeavour aimed for a docking with the international space station Sunday to drop off a new housemate and deliver equipment which will change the ...
Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Endeavour Friday hours before their night launch to the International Space Station on a 15-day " Endeavour's hatch was due to close at 5:50 pm (2250 GMT).There was a 70-percent chance weather conditions would ...

Shuttle mission set for 'home improvement' mission

Seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour looked set for a nighttime launch to the International Space Station on Friday on a 15-day " The operation to pump two million liters (530,000 gallons) of mostly super-cooled, liquid hydrogen into the reservoir was ...
NASA astronauts on Earth and in space have sent in their votes for the U.S. presidential election and encouraged all Americans to remember to cast their own ballots today.. Space station commander Michael Fincke and flight engineer Greg Chamitoff beamed their ...
Latest space tourist says he's getting his money's worth at space station, all $30 millionThe world's latest space tourist, a computer game wizard and astronaut's son who paid $30 million to fly to the space station, said Monday ...