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South Korea gets serious about space ambitions
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-23 09:26:54
Under the guidance of their aeronautics and space agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea announced plans to launch a satellite, in 2020, to orbit the Moon and another satellite, in 2025, to land an unmanned rover on the lunar surface.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-23 09:26:54
Under the guidance of their aeronautics and space agency, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea announced plans to launch a satellite, in 2020, to orbit the Moon and another satellite, in 2025, to land an unmanned rover on the lunar surface.
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Shuttle astronaut quits
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-21 14:26:35
Crew assignments for space shuttle mission STS-126 have been revised following the resignation of an experienced astronaut.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-21 14:26:35
Crew assignments for space shuttle mission STS-126 have been revised following the resignation of an experienced astronaut.
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Space station astronauts hook up life-support to Harmony
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-20 09:32:42
International Space Station commander Peggy Whitson and ISS flight engineer Daniel Tani are out floating in space (Tuesday, November 20, 2007) next to the space station connecting cooling lines and power cables to the new Harmony module.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-20 09:32:42
International Space Station commander Peggy Whitson and ISS flight engineer Daniel Tani are out floating in space (Tuesday, November 20, 2007) next to the space station connecting cooling lines and power cables to the new Harmony module.
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Antarctica to test prototype NASA lunar habitat
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 10:15:18
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to the cold, bleak and isolated Antarctica for a test under extreme conditions, similar to what it would face on the Moon as part of NASA’s new Constellation Project.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 10:15:18
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to the cold, bleak and isolated Antarctica for a test under extreme conditions, similar to what it would face on the Moon as part of NASA’s new Constellation Project.
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NASA lifts smoking ban on astronaut spacesuits
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-16 09:25:47
On Thursday, November 15, 2007, NASA officials lifted a nearly week-long ban on spacewalks due to the smell of smoke in a ground-based spacesuit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-16 09:25:47
On Thursday, November 15, 2007, NASA officials lifted a nearly week-long ban on spacewalks due to the smell of smoke in a ground-based spacesuit.
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Japanese Selene takes first HDTV video of Earth-rise, Earth-set from Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-14 10:07:39
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully taken the first high-definition video of the Earth, via its Selene spacecraft, as it rises above the Moon (Earth-rise) and the first HD video as Earth goes behind the Moon (Earth-set).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-14 10:07:39
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully taken the first high-definition video of the Earth, via its Selene spacecraft, as it rises above the Moon (Earth-rise) and the first HD video as Earth goes behind the Moon (Earth-set).
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Smoke-smelled shuttle/station spacesuit scuttles spacewalks
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-14 08:36:35
A pressure-chamber test at the NASA Johnson Space Center on Friday, November 9, 2007, in which an astronaut smelled smoke inside his spacesuit, continues to prevent any further spacewalks until the problem is resolved.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-14 08:36:35
A pressure-chamber test at the NASA Johnson Space Center on Friday, November 9, 2007, in which an astronaut smelled smoke inside his spacesuit, continues to prevent any further spacewalks until the problem is resolved.
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NASA spacewalks keep on coming to harmonize space station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-09 10:06:38
International Space Station astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko are catching up on work Friday, November 9, 2007, in order to work on Harmony after extra extravehicular activities (EVAs) were needed to fix the solar array during the STS-120 visit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-09 10:06:38
International Space Station astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko are catching up on work Friday, November 9, 2007, in order to work on Harmony after extra extravehicular activities (EVAs) were needed to fix the solar array during the STS-120 visit.
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NASA's STS-120 astronauts head home from space station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-05 10:16:21
The STS-120 crew undocked early Monday morning, November 5, 2007, from the space station after their adventuresome and successful trip, which for all intents and purposes allowed the Space Station to continue toward its completion in 2010.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-05 10:16:21
The STS-120 crew undocked early Monday morning, November 5, 2007, from the space station after their adventuresome and successful trip, which for all intents and purposes allowed the Space Station to continue toward its completion in 2010.
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One physical stretch by an astronaut will lead to one long intellectual stretch for humankind
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-11-05 08:40:01
Without the successful NASA spacewalk conducted on Saturday, November 3, 2007, to repair a damaged solar array, future planned missions would have had to be halted. One man, one team, one community performed a makeshift operation to save the day and, in the process, to save the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2007-11-05 08:40:01
Without the successful NASA spacewalk conducted on Saturday, November 3, 2007, to repair a damaged solar array, future planned missions would have had to be halted. One man, one team, one community performed a makeshift operation to save the day and, in the process, to save the International Space Station.
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Astronaut Parazynski and solar array both shine bright on Space Station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-04 08:15:41
Emergency room surgeon turned high-flying, space-walking astronaut surgeon performed delicate surgery on an ailing solar array on Saturday, November 3, 2007. He left a scar but the patient has been healed.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-04 08:15:41
Emergency room surgeon turned high-flying, space-walking astronaut surgeon performed delicate surgery on an ailing solar array on Saturday, November 3, 2007. He left a scar but the patient has been healed.
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NASA decides to prioritize: damaged solar panel, then rotary joint
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-01 08:09:05
After canceling Thursday’s spacewalk, NASA mission managers for the STS-120 shuttle mission and the Expedition 16 station crew are hoping that Saturday’s spacewalk will fix the damaged solar panel, which is seen as a more pressing problem than the damaged rotary joint on the other side of the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-01 08:09:05
After canceling Thursday’s spacewalk, NASA mission managers for the STS-120 shuttle mission and the Expedition 16 station crew are hoping that Saturday’s spacewalk will fix the damaged solar panel, which is seen as a more pressing problem than the damaged rotary joint on the other side of the International Space Station.
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NASA finds crumbled solar panel on spacewalk
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-30 14:24:25
The third STS-120 spacewalk was proceeding smoothly. The two astronauts had bolted down a solar power tower to the International Space Station and had begun to extend out the solar panels when they noticed a rip in the second panel.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-30 14:24:25
The third STS-120 spacewalk was proceeding smoothly. The two astronauts had bolted down a solar power tower to the International Space Station and had begun to extend out the solar panels when they noticed a rip in the second panel.
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Plenty of options for faulty rotary joint on space station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-30 08:19:06
NASA has extended the STS-120 mission of the Discovery crew by one day in order to investigate the problem with a solar power system on the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-30 08:19:06
NASA has extended the STS-120 mission of the Discovery crew by one day in order to investigate the problem with a solar power system on the International Space Station.
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Second STS-120 spacewalk finds damage to station power system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-29 09:14:17
Regularly scheduled extravehiclular activity (EVA) tasks proceeded nominally however astronaut Daniel Tani found possible metal shavings on one of the station’s Solar Array Rotating Joints, indicating an improperly moving joint.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-29 09:14:17
Regularly scheduled extravehiclular activity (EVA) tasks proceeded nominally however astronaut Daniel Tani found possible metal shavings on one of the station’s Solar Array Rotating Joints, indicating an improperly moving joint.
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Second STS-120 spacewalk underway Sunday 10.28.2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-28 09:02:49
U.S. astronauts Scott Parazynski and Dan Tani are conducting their approximate 6 hour, 40 minute excursion outside the space station to disconnect a truss, move a solar array, and install handrails.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-28 09:02:49
U.S. astronauts Scott Parazynski and Dan Tani are conducting their approximate 6 hour, 40 minute excursion outside the space station to disconnect a truss, move a solar array, and install handrails.
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NASA EVAers in harmony with first STS-120 space walk
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-26 09:22:01
On flight day 4, two astronauts from the STS-120 crew are conducting the first of five spacewalks on Friday, October 26, 2007, to install the Harmony module on the International Space Station.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-26 09:22:01
On flight day 4, two astronauts from the STS-120 crew are conducting the first of five spacewalks on Friday, October 26, 2007, to install the Harmony module on the International Space Station.
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Watch STS-120/Discovery and Space Station fly overhead
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-24 20:48:54
Skywatchers here on Earth will be able to see the STS-120 space shuttle and the space station fly overhead in the night sky. Find out when you will be able to see this pair of space bodies.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-24 20:48:54
Skywatchers here on Earth will be able to see the STS-120 space shuttle and the space station fly overhead in the night sky. Find out when you will be able to see this pair of space bodies.
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STS-120 mission to launch: 11:38:20 EDT (15:38:20 GMT)
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-23 07:38:38
The NASA mission STS-120 with its seven-person Discovery crew is proceeding smoothly on October 23, 2007, for its liftoff at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and its assembly mission at the Space Station. Only weather is a concern.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-23 07:38:38
The NASA mission STS-120 with its seven-person Discovery crew is proceeding smoothly on October 23, 2007, for its liftoff at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and its assembly mission at the Space Station. Only weather is a concern.
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Russian Expedition 15 space stationers land off course
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-21 11:00:40
The Russian cosmonauts, part of the International Space Station Expedition 15 crew, headed home Sunday, October 21, 2007, but because of a computer problem landed far short of their intended landing spot.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-21 11:00:40
The Russian cosmonauts, part of the International Space Station Expedition 15 crew, headed home Sunday, October 21, 2007, but because of a computer problem landed far short of their intended landing spot.
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