News tagged with shuttle flight
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Shuttle flight is delayed; Obama visits Giffords
(AP) -- The president was on his way. Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts were riding out to the launch pad in a van. And a wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had flown in from her Houston rehab hospital to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2011 |
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NASA fuels Endeavour for historic last launch
(AP) -- Just a few hours from liftoff, NASA fueled space shuttle Endeavour for one last ride into orbit Friday as hundreds of thousands of visitors began to converge on the coast for prime viewing spots.
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Apr 29, 2011 |
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Next-generation US space racers outline plans
A handful of companies competing to make the spaceship to replace the iconic US shuttle said Thursday they are racing to shrink what will be a long gap in flying Americans into space aboard US craft.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Fingernail-sized satellites depart on Endeavor's last run
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites may travel to Saturn within the next decade, and as they flutter down through its atmosphere, they will collect data about chemistry, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Space station crew marking big space anniversaries
(AP) -- On the eve of two prominent space anniversaries, the six humans circling the Earth said Monday they will join in the celebrations from the best vantage point of all - orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2011 |
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NASA pulls injured shuttle astronaut off flight
(AP) -- An astronaut who crashed his bicycle over the weekend won't be taking part in space shuttle Discovery's final voyage next month.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2011 |
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NASA names backup for Giffords' husband on shuttle
(AP) -- NASA announced Thursday a backup commander, if necessary, to take the place of the astronaut-husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a mass slaying and recovering in a Tucson, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Suburban 'pocket airports' proposed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A proposal has been put forward by the CAFE foundation that a network of small suburban airports should be developed in the future for the use of Suburban Air Vehicles.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Congress backs Obama plan on NASA's future
(AP) -- Congress approved a blueprint for NASA's future Wednesday that extends the life of the space shuttle program for a year while backing President Barack Obama's intent to use commercial carriers to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2010 |
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X-37B robotic space plane aims for Thursday launch
(AP) -- The military is poised to launch an unmanned winged spacecraft resembling a miniature space shuttle Thursday and it probably won't be a one-time shot.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Space shuttle Discovery, crew of 7 back on Earth
(AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its astronauts returned safely to Earth on Tuesday after making a rare flyover of America's heartland to wrap up their 15-day, 6 million-mile journey to the International Space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Research hopes to shed light on link between space travel, sickness
This is the flu in microgravity. Astronauts tend to get sick -- 15 of the 29 astronauts who flew on Apollo missions in the 1960s and '70s came down with infections during flight or immediately after -- and Millie Hughes-Fulford ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2010 |
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NASA's Space Shuttle Program Conducts Final Motor Test In Utah (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Astronauts hit snag with new space station room
(AP) -- Astronauts ran into trouble Saturday while setting up the International Space Station's newest room, Tranquility: A critical insulating cover does not fit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2010 |
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Private industry in space a risky, slow business: experts
NASA's plan for the private sector to build spacecraft to fly astronauts to the International Space Station is a high-risk undertaking that won't show results for years, experts said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 04, 2010 |
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