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Monday, 13 July 2009 17:18

Watch re-creation of Apollo 11 Moon landing

The Kennedy Presidential Library will begin coverage of the first Moon landing by the NASA Apollo 11 mission on Thursday, July 16, 2009, forty years after Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins were launched into space with their Saturn V rocket. It’s all on WeChooseTheMoon.


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Saturday, 13 June 2009 18:43

NASA delays next shuttle mission at least 4 days

Because of a leaky hydrogen vent system, NASA mission managers were forced to postpone the liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-127 crew.
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 17:06

Endeavour, STS-127: GO for space launch

On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, NASA gave the official “thumb’s up” for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-127 crew to the International Space Station. It’s another assembly mission as NASA steadily makes progress for the completion of the Station.

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Saturday, 23 May 2009 19:54

STS-125 delayed until Sunday, NASA gets new boss

NASA announced on Saturday, May 23, 2009 that space shuttle Atlantis and its STS-125 crew will try to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday after weather stopped any Saturday tries. That same day, the White House announced that President Barack Obama will name former NASA astronaut Charles Bolden to head the U.S. space agency.

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Friday, 22 May 2009 18:55

NASA delays return of STS-125: Bad weather

Because of a storm front lingering over Florida, NASA has delayed the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis crew after successfully repairing and servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. Let's try again on Saturday, May 23, 2009.


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Thursday, 21 May 2009 06:01

New European astronauts unveiled

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the latest recruits to the European Astronaut Corps. Just six of the 8413 applicants were selected.
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 18:25

Follow STS-125 crew as they service Hubble

With a successful launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on May 11, 2009, the seven astronauts of the STS-125 mission will be involved in five complicated and needless-to-say dangerous spacewalks to repair and service the Hubble Space Telescope. Follow the complete mission from several NASA and NASA-related Web sites.
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Tuesday, 05 May 2009 17:58

Hubble repair mission to be on IMAX 3-D

NASA announced on May 4, 2009 that its STS-125 mission to service and repair the Hubble Space Telescope will be filmed by IMAX Corporation and Warner Brothers Pictures for a three-dimensional film called Hubble 3D.
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Thursday, 16 April 2009 20:16

Nothing international about Space Station when using the toilet

According to Gennady Padalka, the current commander of the International Space Station, various politicians and bureaucrats are making Russian crewmembers use their own bathrooms, foods, and exercise equipment. What's next,  pay toilets in space?
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Saturday, 11 April 2009 18:57

NASA astronaut to appear on The Colbert Report

U.S. astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams will appear on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to make an announcement on the naming of the Node 3 module on the International Space Station. Will it be a surprising announcement or not? Find out on April 14th!
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Monday, 06 April 2009 19:56

25 years of satellite repair: Solar Max to Hubble

With the STS-125 mission about to take off to service and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, it was just about 25 years ago when NASA’s STS-41C shuttle mission took off for the first orbital satellite repair mission about the Earth.
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Saturday, 28 March 2009 21:52

Russian commander brings in Soyuz after autopilot fails

On Saturday, March 28, 2009, Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka abruptly took the manual controls of his Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft during the last stage of docking to the Space Station when the automatic docking system failed.

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Friday, 27 March 2009 21:44

NASA celebrates Apollo's 40th Anniversary to Moon

With July 20, 2009 fast approaching, NASA announces it will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the first Moon landing by the Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and the entire Apollo Program by the United States of America.
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Saturday, 21 March 2009 21:15

Astronauts test themselves for space cooties

Two of the STS-119 astronauts onboard the International Space Station tested themselves for possible biological contamination before taking a spacewalk in what NASA calls the "first-ever test of planetary protection technology."
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Friday, 20 March 2009 20:20

Space Station set to accordion last of solar wings

On Friday, March 20, 2009 (U.S. time), the astronauts of the International Space Station and the space shuttle Discovery (mission STS-119) will expand (unfurl) the fourth set of solar panels by remote control like an accordion. The process will be shown live on NASA TV.

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Monday, 16 March 2009 19:31

Shuttle flies, Space Station may have to fly higher

The STS-119 space shuttle Discovery mission has taken off from Earth to its journey to the International Space Station. At the same time, the ISS may have to be boosted to a higher orbit in order to avoid another piece of potentially dangerous space junk.

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Saturday, 07 March 2009 00:02

After many valve problems, it's a GO for STS-119 shuttle launch

NASA announced Friday, March 6, 2009, that the space shuttle Discovery is ready to be launched for its mission to the International Space Station. All three of the problematic valves have been replaced and the new ones are "cleared of crack indications."
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009 20:43

India places billions of rupees for first manned space mission

India wants to join Russia, the U.S. and China by independently placing one of its own citizens into space. You can call it India's national desire, but it’s really a race to the Moon with China and Japan. Whatever the reason, it is a good way to heat up healthy competition for Earth's exploration of outer space.
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 04:39

First on Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn orbits Earth

On the first attempt by the United States to orbit a human around the Earth, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to be successfully placed in Earth orbit. The date was February 20, 1962, and Glenn was piloting his spacecraft called Friendship 7.

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Thursday, 22 January 2009 03:16

NASA to air HD tour of International Space Station

During NASA’s mission STS-126 to the International Space Station, ISS Expedition 18 commander Mike Fincke filmed a high definition (HD) tour of their "four-bedroom house" in space. The video will soon appear on NASA Television.

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