A Purdue University aerospace researcher helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the design of future spacecraft.
General Physics
Mar 23, 2009
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Comic strip artist Brian Basset has created a drawing depicting his characters, Red and Rover, racing alongside the space shuttle as it lands for the final time. After 30 years and more than 130 missions, NASA's space shuttle ...
Space Exploration
Apr 6, 2011
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(AP) -- NASA called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, the second day in a row the liftoff was scrubbed, this time because of a bad fuel valve.
Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2009
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NASA will run a series of fuel tank tests on the shuttle Discovery Friday to see if repairs have successfully fixed a series of cracks that have thwarted the mission's final run to space.
Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2010
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The US space shuttle Discovery blasted off Monday toward the International Space Station for a historic mission that put more women in orbit than ever.
Space Exploration
Apr 5, 2010
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(AP) -- A piece of space junk was drifting toward the shuttle-station complex and its 13 astronauts Wednesday, though NASA officials said the threat would not delay an upcoming spacewalk.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2009
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On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington and sending a test-flight ...
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2011
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Discovery astronauts prepared for a third and final spacewalk Monday, with a busy to-do list that may include unsticking a jammed restraint pin used to clamp a toolbox to the outside of the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2009
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As Japan's second female astronaut to fly up in the Space Shuttle Discovery, Naoko Yamazaki didn't expect to spend a quarter of her time dusting, feeding mice and doing other menial jobs.
Space Exploration
May 19, 2020
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery has left the international space station.
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2009
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