Spacewalker Steven Swanson is visible with the Earth in the background in this view from fellow spacewalker Patrick Forrester's helmet camera via NASA TV June 17, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Int'l space station's faulty computers all back online

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The six faulty computers at the International Space Station's (ISS) Russian segment has been all restored on Saturday, according to a top NASA official.

    "Currently, they have all six computers up while we do some additional troubleshooting to understand the environment and how if affects the computers," said Mike Suffredini, NASA's ISS program manager. Full story

NASA clears shuttle Atlantis to land next week

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Mission Control Center told the Atlantis crew Saturday that space shuttle's thermal protection system is cleared for re-entry.

    The astronauts got "the good news" about 11:20 a.m. EDT (1520 GMT) while they were transferring cargo between Atlantis and the International Space Station, according to the NASA's mission updates.  Full story

Astronauts complete multitask in 3rd spacewalk

    WASHINGTON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- While Russian and U.S. flight engineers are trying to fix the failed computer system on International Space Station (ISS), two astronauts finished the third spacewalk on Friday, accomplishing multi-task.

    Mission Specialists James Reilly and John Olivas started the spacewalk at 1:24 p.m. EDT (1724 GMT), and they were back inside the Quest airlock at 9:22 p.m. EDT (0122 GMT).  Full story