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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 23:14

John Glenn talks U.S. space program: Keep the Shuttles

Former U.S. congressman and astronaut John Glenn says that our future space exploration can't be 'done on the cheap' and we 'must do it right.' He recommends keeping the NASA Space Shuttle fleet.

 

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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 23:23

Atlantis lands last time on terra firma

The NASA space shuttle Atlantis made its last scheduled landing at 8:48 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. One space shuttle down, two to go. Happy retirement Atlantis!

 

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Monday, 08 February 2010 01:51

Thick, low clouds halt STS-130 launch

The February 7, 2010 early-morning liftoff of the space shuttle Endeavour was scrubbed nine minutes before its scheduled launch due to a weather system that came in unexpectedly at the Cape. Let's try it again Monday morning!

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Sunday, 07 February 2010 01:39

STS-130 ready to send Cupola into space

The mission of the space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-130 crew is scheduled to launch at 4:39 a.m. EST on February 7, 2010, for its flight to send Tranquility and Cupola to the International Space Station. Catch one of the final liftoffs of a manned U.S. space vehicle on NASA TV.

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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:59

NASA's Endeavour prepares to launch for next-to-last time

The space shuttle Endeavour is being prepared for its next-to-last mission into space. Only four other NASA missions of its Space Shuttle fleet remain in the Space Transportation System (STS) program—which is scheduled to end in September 2010.
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Monday, 18 January 2010 22:45

For Sale Cheap: Used Space Shuttles

NASA has made a bargain basement offer to sell at least two slightly used but in good shape space shuttles for a price that seems—what should I say?—out of this world!

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Friday, 27 November 2009 20:05

Space Shuttle makes 'picture-perfect' landing of STS-129 mission

On Friday morning, November 27, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a successful mission to the International Space Station.
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 00:40

STS-129 lifts off through a beautiful sky in Florida

The space shuttle Atlantis and its NASA astronauts lifted off at 2:28 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) from its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Monday, November 16, 2009.

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Saturday, 14 November 2009 19:11

November 16, 2009 looks good for next shuttle launch

NASA is hoping for clear sailing on Monday as its space shuttle Atlantis crew prepares to launch for its mission delivering and installing spare parts to the International Space Station. The weather forecast predicts a 90% chance for acceptable launch conditions.
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Saturday, 29 August 2009 18:43

NASA launches Discovery shuttle; stops Ares 1 countdown

The space shuttle Discovery lifted off from Florida at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, August 28, 2009, for its journey to the International Space Station. However, the first complete test firing of the new Ares 1 rocket was canceled after a power unit failed with only 20 seconds left in the countdown.
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Wednesday, 26 August 2009 17:45

STS-128 delayed again: Valve problem

The Wednesday, August 26, 2009 launch of the space shuttle Discovery was scrubbed again, but this time because of a suspect valve in the main propulsion system. The scheduled launch date is now set for Friday, August 28, 2009, if repairs can be made in the meantime.

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Thursday, 16 July 2009 18:41

NASA busy with STS-127 and Apollo 11

It's a busy week for NASA as they launch the space shuttle Endeavour (STS-127) to the International Space Station and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its first mission (Apollo 11) to land astronauts on the Moon.

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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 18:22

NASA: Ares takes over Shuttle launch pad 39B

NASA announced on May 31, 2009, that its Launch Pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, has been transferred from the Shuttle Program to the new Constellation Program. Pad 39B will be readied for the first flight test of its new Ares I rocket, now scheduled for August 2009.
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Sunday, 24 May 2009 19:16

Weather too "dynamic," STS-125 Atlantis to land in California

With the weather too iffy in Florida, mission controllers at the NASA Johnson Space Center announced that the space shuttle Atlantis and its STS-125 crew will be landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Sunday, May 24, 2009.

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Thursday, 30 April 2009 18:30

U.S. authorizes $2.5B for 2011 shuttle operations

If NASA’s space shuttle fleet needs one more year to finish the International Space Station, leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have agreed to provide $2.5 billion to NASA for the one-year extension of the program.
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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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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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Sunday, 01 March 2009 22:16

Obama announces Shuttle ends and Orion begins in 2010

A new manned space era is now quickly in the official transition stage for NASA as new U.S. president Barack Obama announced that the old Space Shuttle fleet will definitely be retired in 2010 so the development of the new Orion capsule fleet can move forward in the most efficient way possible.

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Saturday, 21 February 2009 20:21

More valve concerns: NASA's STS-119 delayed further

On February 20, 2009, NASA announced that STS-119 mission managers remain concerned with the readiness of space shuttle Discovery to fly. Additional tests on its flow control valves are necessary before it delivers the S6 truss segment to the Space Station.
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 19:56

NASA's STS-119 rescheduled for Feb. 27

NASA officials have delayed the space shuttle Discovery launch from February 22 to 27 because they are still concerned with the shuttle’s fuel tank pressurization values. The mission is important to NASA and the world space community because its astronauts will install the last set of solar panels to complete the power grid for the International Space Station.

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