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The Return of Buzz Lightyear ( PIC)

Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11, aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. ...full story at digg

from digg on Fri, Sep 25 2009

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05 Dec 09 visit ISS Can Now Watch Sea Traffic From Space  »  slashdot gyrogeerloose writes "During its last mission, astronauts from the Space Shuttle Atlantis installed an Automatic Identification System antenna on the outside of the International Space Station that will allow astronauts aboard the ISS to monitor signals...
07 Jul 09 visit Interplanetary internet gets permanent home in space  »  digg A new protocol which could one day handle deep-space communications is now being tested aboard the International Space Station. The the newly installed system aboard the ISS could one day allow data to flow between Earth, spacecraft, and astronauts...
16 Jun 08 visit Discovery glides home safely  »  the register (uk) Next shuttle mission: Hubble Space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth on Saturday, touching down at 15:15 GMT at the Kennedy Space Center at the end of a successful 14-day jaunt to the International Space Station.…

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