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...the first crew slated to live in the new international space station. Photos Back | Next Back | Next NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd, the space station's first commander, became only the second American to be launched aboard a Russian rocket...
...astronauts preparing for space station stints next year say their missions -- and their lives -- seem clearer since Bill Shepherd and his Russian crew blasted off and moved into the international space station last week. They're also thrilled...
...space shuttle astronauts has made life more enjoyable for the international space station crew. But station commander Bill Shepherd says they've still had plenty of work. "We've been pretty busy cowboys and we've expressed that to the ground...
...launch as soon as Atlantis reached orbit. "They're on their way," Mission Control informed station commander Bill Shepherd. Flight controllers beamed up a video of the launch that Shepherd and his Russian crew watched on a laptop computer...
...to enter the space station after hatches between the spacecraft were opened. He shook hands with current commander Bill Shepherd. The crews hugged, shook hands and slapped each other on the back. Usachev did several flips in the station's...
...station home from their 4 1/2-month voyage. The congratulations started rolling in as soon as Discovery landed. Bill Shepherd, space station Alpha's first commander, and his two Russian crewmates, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, rode...
...arrived at their new home Thursday, swinging open the doors and settling in for a four-month stay. American astronaut Bill Shepherd, the station's skipper, and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev floated into the space station...
...entire station and to run the U.S.-made laboratory section when it arrives in January. Alpha's commander, Bill Shepherd, and his Russian crewmates have been confined to two of the station's three rooms because of insufficient power...
...station finally greeted their first visitors on Friday, after flying side by side for almost a week. Station commander Bill Shepherd and his Russian crew swung open the hatch, and space shuttle Endeavour commander Brent Jett Jr. floated inside...
...too slack. Until the new solar wings were installed one month into their four-month mission, station commander Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev had to skimp on electricity. The $600 million solar wings -- the...