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In the International Space Station, the crew members Expedition 61, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir took the first all female spacewalk in history.
2019-10-18

Around 100 people are evacuated from Breivika port in Tromsø, Norway, after Russian trawler FV "Bukhta Naezdnik" catches fire and develops a heavy list. The burning ship has a tank of ammonia and 200,000 litres of diesel oil on board. The ship is purposely capsized to reduce the risk of the ammonia tank exploding.
2019-09-26

David Saint-Jacques becomes the fourth Canadian astronaut to take part in a spacewalk and the first in 12 years as he begins a roughly seven-hour mission.
2019-04-8

Two NASA astronauts at the International Space Station complete a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty ammonia coolant pump.
2013-12-24

Two NASA astronauts at the International Space Station begin a series of spacewalks to replace a faulty ammonia coolant pump.
2013-12-21

Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowns while undertaking a spacewalk on the International Space Station.
2013-07-16

A small humanoid robot that can talk will be sent into space to provide conversational company for Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata on a six-month mission to the ISS during Soyuz TMA-11M in 2013. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20121130-robot-buddy-keep-japan-astronaut-company (AFP via France24)]date=August 2019
2012-11-30

Astronauts Yuri Malenchenko, Sunita Williams, and Akihiko Hoshide return from ISS to Earth with spacecraft Soyuz TMA-05M marked the end of Expedition 33 and the start of Expedition 34.
2012-11-19

NASA astronauts on board "Atlantis" complete the final spacewalk of the Space Shuttle era, recouping an ammonia pump on the International Space Station (ISS).
2011-07-12

An analysis of data detected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the LCROSS impact last October finds the presence of carbon monoxide in Cabeus Crater in higher concentrations than the approximately 155 kg of water ice and water vapour, more than initially estimated, in addition to two hydroxyl flavours and smaller quantities of hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, methane, formaldehyde, mercury, magnesium, calcium, sodium, hydrogen gas, and possibly ammonia, ethylene and silver.
2010-10-21