NASA sends shuttle Discovery to pad for last time
(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery is headed to the launch pad for the last time.
Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2010
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Water main break at space center stalls shuttle
(AP) -- A water main break at NASA's spaceport has launch preparations on hold for the next-to-last shuttle flight.
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2010
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NASA's First Robotic Crew Member To Tweet From Space Station
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Robonaut 2 has no voice but is ready to tell you its story -- in 140 characters or less. The prototype robot will travel to space this fall to give NASA a deeper understanding of human-robotic interaction.
Space Exploration
Aug 2, 2010
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Rain delays space shuttle's return for 2nd day
(AP) -- Bad weather delayed Discovery's homecoming Tuesday for the second day in a row, and Mission Control made one last attempt to end the 15-day space station delivery mission in Florida before ordering a detour to California.
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 Exploration
Apr 19, 2010
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Astronauts put cargo carrier back on space shuttle
(AP) -- A cargo carrier is back aboard space shuttle Discovery.
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2010
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Astronauts hoist cargo carrier onto space station
(AP) -- The International Space Station has a new walk-in closet.
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2010
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Shuttle Discovery arrives at space station
(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery successfully docked at the International Space Station early Wednesday, its astronauts overcoming a rare antenna breakdown that knocked out radar tracking.
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 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.
Space Exploration
Apr 6, 2010
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Space shuttle Discovery fuels for pre-dawn launch
(AP) -- NASA fueled Discovery late Sunday for a pre-dawn launch to the International Space Station, one of the last few shuttle flights.
Space Exploration
Apr 5, 2010
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