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NASA buoyant over new Space Station water contract
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-16 08:24:01
NASA announced on April 15, 2008 the award of a contact to Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International to provide water production services for the Space Station. What is interesting about this contract is that NASA is not purchasing hardware but only buying water services.


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ISS to make night passes over North American sky
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-11 10:51:50
On Thursday, April 10, 2008, the International Space Station begins a week-long series of passes across the evening sky of Canada and the United States. As new modules are added with each new space shuttle mission, it gets easier to see the orbiting laboratory fly over in the night sky.


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Soyuz TMA-12 docks with ISS: First South Korean boards
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-10 16:37:51
At 16:57 Moscow time (8:57 a.m. EDT, 1257 GMT), on April 10, 2008, the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station with Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko and the first South Korean woman cosmonaut Yi So-yoen onboard.


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Russian Soyuz TMA-12 launches first South Korean astronaut
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-08 08:22:16
Yi So-yeon, the first astronaut for South Korea, was launched successfully into space on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 5:16 p.m. local time (1116 GMT) from launch pad LC 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (central Asia).


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Jules Verne successfully docks with Space Station: First ESA ATV at ISS
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-03 09:59:06
At approximately 10:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the European Space Agency (ESA) made its first-time ever docking to the International Space Station (ISS) with its new automated transfer vehicle (ATV). Welcome Aboard!


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ISS Expedition 17 mission to launch 2 Russians and 1 S. Korean
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-01 08:24:41
A Russian Soyuz FG launch vehicle will be sending up into space two Expedition 17 crewmembers and a South Korean spaceflight participant on April 8, 2008, aboard a Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft.


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Jules Verne demo two successful
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-31 21:29:56
The second test approach of the Jules Verne ATV to the International Space Station has been hailed as "impressive".


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NASA re-schedules STS-124 mission six days later
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-31 19:21:01
NASA mission managers decided to delay the STS-124 launch of space shuttle Discovery from May 25 to May 31, 2008, due to a weather delay in its external tank being delivered from the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana.


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Jules Verne passes Demo Day One
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-30 21:36:53
The ESA's automated transfer vehicle passed its first major test when Jules Verne successfully navigated to a point 3.5km behind the International Space Station.


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Delayed slightly by weather, Endeavour lands safely
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-26 21:39:15
Despite a delay of approximately 90 minutes caused by cloud over Florida, space shuttle Endeavour has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center.


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Watch Jules Verne on NASA TV docking with Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-26 09:52:25
The European Space Agency’s Jules Verne will be shown on NASA Television as it conducts a series of maneuvers for its automated “first-time” docking with the International Space Station on April 3, 2008.



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Triple points of light in March 25 night sky
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-25 09:14:32
Watch the ESA Jules Verne fly overhead in the night sky on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, and then about 4.5 minutes later see the International Space Station and the NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour fly over.


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Shuttle Endeavour heading for home
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-24 23:57:16
Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station in preparation for its return to Earth later this week.


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STS-123 launches Endeavour with couple of minor problems
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-11 08:49:29
On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, NASA's space shuttle Endeavour was launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 2:28:14 a.m. EDT, with two problems, one to its steering thrusters and another to a system that dissipates heat.      
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Russian space librarians replace first S. Korean astronaut
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-10 10:14:19
South Korea announces that a female astronaut will replace a male as its first astronaut in space after its first choice was caught by Russian space officials mishandling sensitive reading materials.          
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Jules Verne makes successful Journey to the Orbit of the Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-08 22:48:28
Everything was nominal at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, as a modified European Ariane 5 rocket lifted the 20-ton-plus Jules Verne automated transfer vehicle (ATV) off the launch pad at 1:03:04 a.m. local time (10:03:04 Central Standard Time) Saturday, March 8, 2008.         
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NASA ready to launch extra long space mission to station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-06 08:41:30
NASA’s mission control is ready for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-123 crew on March 11, 2008, for a sixteen-day delivery mission to the International Space Station in order to install the Japanese Kibo and Canadian Dextre.          
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UK schoolkids get space experiment opportunity
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-04 23:26:31
Primary school students in the UK have the opportunity to design a science experiment to be carried out on the International Space Station.


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March 8, 2008: Maiden Voyage of “Jules Verne” to Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-03-04 13:32:30
The first launch of the European Space Agency’s automated transfer vehicle (ATV), The Jules Verne, will be broadcast live by NASA Television.         
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Great Big Shoot-down: Military coordinates with NASA on falling satellite
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-02-17 09:41:09
The U.S. military’s plan to shoot down spy satellite USA 193/NROL-21 is being coordinated with NASA’s current STS-122 mission to give maximum opportunity in the U.S. Navy’s attempt to shoot down the plummeting satellite.        
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