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Longest U.S. astronaut in space heading home
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-18 14:23:28
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and two space buddies, are leaving the International Space Station on Friday, April 18, 2008, for a quick trip home to Earth. Whitson leads all U.S. astronauts with about 377 days in space, coming from space station missions in 2002 and 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-18 14:23:28
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, and two space buddies, are leaving the International Space Station on Friday, April 18, 2008, for a quick trip home to Earth. Whitson leads all U.S. astronauts with about 377 days in space, coming from space station missions in 2002 and 2008.
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Russia announces no more space tourists, new launch facility, new heavy-lift rocket
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 12:59:36
President Vladimir Putin announced that the new Russian Cosmodrome—Vostochny—will be completed by 2015 and that a new heavy-lift Angara launch vehicle will be developed. The RSA, Russia’s space agency, announced that it will probably not carry space tourists to the ISS beginning in 2010.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-04-14 12:59:36
President Vladimir Putin announced that the new Russian Cosmodrome—Vostochny—will be completed by 2015 and that a new heavy-lift Angara launch vehicle will be developed. The RSA, Russia’s space agency, announced that it will probably not carry space tourists to the ISS beginning in 2010.
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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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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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Luna 10: forty-two years ago, first lunar orbiter
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-28 17:18:36
On March 31, 1966, Luna 10 was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome to the Moon at 10:48:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, on April 3, 1966, it entered the Moon’s orbit at 18:44 UTC. It became the first human-built craft to orbit another celestial body.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-28 17:18:36
On March 31, 1966, Luna 10 was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome to the Moon at 10:48:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and, on April 3, 1966, it entered the Moon’s orbit at 18:44 UTC. It became the first human-built craft to orbit another celestial body.
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DISH Network loses new satellite via Russian Proton rocket
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-17 08:28:50
On Saturday, March 15, 2008, the Breeze-M (Briz-M) upper stage of a Russian Proton rocket failed on its second burn, which left its Americom-14 (AMC-14) communications satellite useless in space. The satellite would have provided home services for DISH Network customers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-17 08:28:50
On Saturday, March 15, 2008, the Breeze-M (Briz-M) upper stage of a Russian Proton rocket failed on its second burn, which left its Americom-14 (AMC-14) communications satellite useless in space. The satellite would have provided home services for DISH Network customers.
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