News tagged with space capsule
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Glitch delays space station crew's return to Earth (Update)
The Soyuz capsule failed Friday to undock for the first time in a decade of flights to the International Space Station, forcing three crew members to remain an extra day in orbit.
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Sep 24, 2010 |
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Russian capsule carrying 3 docks at space station
(AP) -- The International Space Station received three new residents with Thursday's arrival of a Russian capsule, doubling the size of its female crew to an all-time high.
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Jun 17, 2010 |
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Space-odyssey asteroid pod arrives in Japan
A space capsule thought to contain the first fragments from an asteroid arrived in Tokyo on Thursday, officials said, as scientists hope it will yield vital clues about the solar system.
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Jun 17, 2010 |
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Asteroid space probe to return to Japan
A space capsule that scientists hope is carrying asteroid dust, potentially revealing secrets about the origins of the solar system, will be flown back to Japan this week, officials said Tuesday.
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Jun 15, 2010 |
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Image: ISS Transits the Sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thilo Kranz, a staff member at DLR, the German Space Agency, took this image of the transit of the International Space Station ISS with Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-132 mission.
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May 27, 2010 |
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NASA catapults new Orion capsule into NM desert
(AP) -- NASA engineers catapulted the new Orion crew capsule about a mile into the air Thursday morning as hundreds of people gathered to watch.
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May 06, 2010 |
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Obama aims to send astronauts to Mars orbit in 2030s
President Barack Obama set a bold new course for the future of US space travel when he announced plans to send US astronauts into the orbit of Mars within the next three decades.
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Apr 15, 2010 |
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Obama revives capsule from canceled moon program
(AP) -- President Barack Obama is reviving the NASA crew capsule concept that he had canceled with the rest of the moon program earlier this year, in a move that will mean more jobs and less reliance on the ...
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Apr 13, 2010 |
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NASA extends space contract with Russia on ISS
NASA announced Tuesday that it signed a contract with the Russian space agency to shuttle US astronauts to the orbiting International Space Station.
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Apr 06, 2010 |
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NASA green lights April 5 launch of Discovery
The US space agency NASA gave its thumbs up for the April 5 launch of the shuttle Discovery, which will take a seven-member crew, including a Japanese astronaut, to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Mar 27, 2010 |
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First-time cosmonauts set to blast off with toy duck
Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov brandished a small toy duck Friday as he and his crewmates prepared to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) in April.
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Mar 19, 2010 |
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Astronauts to taste 'space sushi'
US astronaut Timothy Creamer said on Thursday he was impatient to taste "space sushi" courtesy of his Japanese crewmate after they arrive on the International Space Station (ISS) later this month.
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Circus founder calls his trip to space a success
(AP) -- Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte on Tuesday called his 10-day space mission "a great success" because it drew attention to his efforts to guarantee access to clean water worldwide.
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely
(AP) -- The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.
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Oct 11, 2009 |
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Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station
(AP) -- A Canadian circus tycoon, an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off in a spacecraft from the Kazakh steppe Wednesday on a journey to the International Space Station.
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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