items tagged with Space Shuttle
25 years of satellite repair: Solar Max to Hubble
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-06 09:56:30
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-06 09:56:30
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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Space Station, Shuttle move to avoid bad driver
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-23 08:21:04
On Sunday, March 22, 2009, the International Space Station crew and the STS-119 Discovery crew performed an emergency maneuver in order to avoid a piece of Chinese space junk heading straight for them. Where's a space cop when you need one?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-23 08:21:04
On Sunday, March 22, 2009, the International Space Station crew and the STS-119 Discovery crew performed an emergency maneuver in order to avoid a piece of Chinese space junk heading straight for them. Where's a space cop when you need one?
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Shuttle flies, Space Station may have to fly higher
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-16 08:31:50
The STS-119 space shuttle Discovery mission has taken off from Earth to its journey to the International Space Station. At the same time, the ISS may have to be boosted to a higher orbit in order to avoid another piece of potentially dangerous space junk.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-16 08:31:50
The STS-119 space shuttle Discovery mission has taken off from Earth to its journey to the International Space Station. At the same time, the ISS may have to be boosted to a higher orbit in order to avoid another piece of potentially dangerous space junk.
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Another leak stops Discovery on launch pad
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-11 16:48:02
With only about seven hours before liftoff of NASA’s STS-119 mission to the International Space Station, a hydrogen gas leak was discovered in the same system that has been perplexing shuttle engineers at NASA for weeks.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-11 16:48:02
With only about seven hours before liftoff of NASA’s STS-119 mission to the International Space Station, a hydrogen gas leak was discovered in the same system that has been perplexing shuttle engineers at NASA for weeks.
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After many valve problems, it's a GO for STS-119 shuttle launch
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-06 13:02:07
NASA announced Friday, March 6, 2009, that the space shuttle Discovery is ready to be launched for its mission to the International Space Station. All three of the problematic valves have been replaced and the new ones are "cleared of crack indications."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-06 13:02:07
NASA announced Friday, March 6, 2009, that the space shuttle Discovery is ready to be launched for its mission to the International Space Station. All three of the problematic valves have been replaced and the new ones are "cleared of crack indications."
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Obama announces Shuttle ends and Orion begins in 2010
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-01 11:16:30
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-03-01 11:16:30
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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More valve concerns: NASA's STS-119 delayed further
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-21 09:21:32
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-21 09:21:32
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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NASA's STS-119 rescheduled for Feb. 27
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-14 08:56:34
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-14 08:56:34
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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NASA STS-119 mission delayed at least one week
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-03 19:35:02
NASA announced on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 that its next assembly mission to the International Space Station will be delayed at least one week in order to check out iffy control valves on space shuttle Discovery, the NASA orbiter that will take its STS-119 crew up into space.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-03 19:35:02
NASA announced on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 that its next assembly mission to the International Space Station will be delayed at least one week in order to check out iffy control valves on space shuttle Discovery, the NASA orbiter that will take its STS-119 crew up into space.
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NASA readies STS-119 for power boost to Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-02 10:44:59
The Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew are preparing for their assembly mission to the International Space Station, where they will assemble the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment, along with a fourth set of solar arrays. The final solar array will boost the power generated on the ISS so that six crewmembers can now live onboard.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-02-02 10:44:59
The Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew are preparing for their assembly mission to the International Space Station, where they will assemble the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment, along with a fourth set of solar arrays. The final solar array will boost the power generated on the ISS so that six crewmembers can now live onboard.
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Orbiting NASA tool bag seen with binoculars
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-13 12:30:45
You can see the NASA tool bag that astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped into an orbit about Earth, just like the people did at the Toolbag Sighting Party in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on January 12, 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-13 12:30:45
You can see the NASA tool bag that astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped into an orbit about Earth, just like the people did at the Toolbag Sighting Party in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico on January 12, 2009.
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NASA looking for place to retire space shuttles
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-18 08:40:34
Do you know of a good location to publicly display one of the space shuttle orbiters or one of their main engines? NASA is looking for a few good places after the Space Transportation System (STS) program ends.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-18 08:40:34
Do you know of a good location to publicly display one of the space shuttle orbiters or one of their main engines? NASA is looking for a few good places after the Space Transportation System (STS) program ends.
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Hubble to greet visiting astronauts in May 2009
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-05 08:58:21
NASA announced that the launch date for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission is May 12, 2009. The STS-125 mission will involve a seven-person crew onboard the space shuttle Atlantis.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-05 08:58:21
NASA announced that the launch date for the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission is May 12, 2009. The STS-125 mission will involve a seven-person crew onboard the space shuttle Atlantis.
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Endeavour, STS-126 crew lands on temp California runway
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-30 16:26:20
Because of bad weather in Florida, the STS-126 crew of the space shuttle Endeavour landed at its backup landing location at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-30 16:26:20
Because of bad weather in Florida, the STS-126 crew of the space shuttle Endeavour landed at its backup landing location at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.
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ESA agrees to spend US$12.8 billion on future space missions
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-29 08:30:35
Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to spend euro 10 billion (US$12.8 billion) for a series of thirty space missions, including a robotic Martian rover, experiments onboard the International Space Station, and a network of climate satellites.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-29 08:30:35
Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to spend euro 10 billion (US$12.8 billion) for a series of thirty space missions, including a robotic Martian rover, experiments onboard the International Space Station, and a network of climate satellites.
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Shuttle/ISS astronauts salute American troops
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-24 22:11:35
NASA announced that the U.S. astronaut crews of the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station have sent special holiday season greeting to the American military back on Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-24 22:11:35
NASA announced that the U.S. astronaut crews of the space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station have sent special holiday season greeting to the American military back on Earth.
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STS-126’s Endeavour does rndz, proxops, dock with Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-16 17:29:45
The space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-126 crew performed their rendezvous (rndz) maneuvers on Sunday, November 16, 2008, came up close (proximity operations) to its target, and then successfully docked with the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-16 17:29:45
The space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-126 crew performed their rendezvous (rndz) maneuvers on Sunday, November 16, 2008, came up close (proximity operations) to its target, and then successfully docked with the International Space Station.
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NASA launches STS-126 toward Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-14 19:02:20
NASA successfully launches space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-126 crew at night on Friday, November 14, 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-14 19:02:20
NASA successfully launches space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-126 crew at night on Friday, November 14, 2008.
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STS-126 astronauts prepare urine cocktail at Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-12 08:16:50
The STS-126 mission to the International Space Station is preparing to launch on Friday, November 14, 2008 with a Water Recovery System that will recycle every last ounce of water onboard the Station including urine. So, you want to be an astronaut? Have a urine cocktail. Cheers! To your health!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-12 08:16:50
The STS-126 mission to the International Space Station is preparing to launch on Friday, November 14, 2008 with a Water Recovery System that will recycle every last ounce of water onboard the Station including urine. So, you want to be an astronaut? Have a urine cocktail. Cheers! To your health!
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Simonyi schedules second space sortie
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-30 20:06:25
Former Microsoft executive Charles Simonyi is planning a second trip into space.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-09-30 20:06:25
Former Microsoft executive Charles Simonyi is planning a second trip into space.
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