Spacecraft
Historic Apollo footage discovered on “The Tennis Shoe Test”
By: William Atkins
Authors Alan Lawrie and Robert Pearlman wrote on the CollectSpace.com website about an interesting day in 1966 for NASA engineers.
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By: William Atkins
Authors Alan Lawrie and Robert Pearlman wrote on the CollectSpace.com website about an interesting day in 1966 for NASA engineers.
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Fifty years ago U.S. begins to explore space: Explorer-1
By: William Atkins
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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By: William Atkins
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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NASA sets launch of STS-122 mission at January 24, 2008
By: William Atkins
On Thursday, January 3, 2008, NASA announced that the space agency can fix the fuel gauge problem and launch the space shuttle Atlantis by January 24, 2008, but expect that the complex work may delay the flight to early February.
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By: William Atkins
On Thursday, January 3, 2008, NASA announced that the space agency can fix the fuel gauge problem and launch the space shuttle Atlantis by January 24, 2008, but expect that the complex work may delay the flight to early February.
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Progress M-62 acts as Santa: brings gifts to space station crew
By: William Atkins
A Russian cargo ship, Progress M-62, docked at the Space Station on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, bringing supplies including Christmas and New Year gifts to the three crew members. They must have been good little boys and girls to get two tons of gifts.
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By: William Atkins
A Russian cargo ship, Progress M-62, docked at the Space Station on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, bringing supplies including Christmas and New Year gifts to the three crew members. They must have been good little boys and girls to get two tons of gifts.
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STS-122 delayed further as NASA removes faulty connector
By: William Atkins
Space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale announced Thursday, December 27, 2007, that NASA engineers will remove parts of a problematic fuel tank connector onboard Atlantis. Further delay to the STS-122 mission will occur.
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By: William Atkins
Space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale announced Thursday, December 27, 2007, that NASA engineers will remove parts of a problematic fuel tank connector onboard Atlantis. Further delay to the STS-122 mission will occur.
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Russia completes basic satellite system to rival U.S. GPS
By: William Atkins
On Tuesday, December 25, 2007, Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket that carried three satellites into orbit as part of its GLONASS (global navigation satellite system).
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By: William Atkins
On Tuesday, December 25, 2007, Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket that carried three satellites into orbit as part of its GLONASS (global navigation satellite system).
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NASA’s Mars Scout 2 is earthbound for two more years
By: William Atkins
NASA announced Friday, December 21, 2007, that the Scout spacecraft originally scheduled to head to Mars in 2011 will be delayed by two years because of a undisclosed conflict in the purchasing process.
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By: William Atkins
NASA announced Friday, December 21, 2007, that the Scout spacecraft originally scheduled to head to Mars in 2011 will be delayed by two years because of a undisclosed conflict in the purchasing process.
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Place your bets: Will asteroid hit Mars in January?
By: William Atkins
According to NASA research scientists, an asteroid has a 1-in-75 chance of hitting the planet Mars on January 30, 2008.
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By: William Atkins
According to NASA research scientists, an asteroid has a 1-in-75 chance of hitting the planet Mars on January 30, 2008.
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Where oh where is the comet?
By: William Atkins
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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By: William Atkins
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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STS-122 mission slipped to no earlier than January 10, 2008
By: William Atkins
The next mission of the space shuttle fleet, STS-122 with Atlantis, has been postponed to a date no earlier than January 10, 2008, to give more time to investigate sensor problems and to provide more time for mission employees to enjoy the holidays.
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By: William Atkins
The next mission of the space shuttle fleet, STS-122 with Atlantis, has been postponed to a date no earlier than January 10, 2008, to give more time to investigate sensor problems and to provide more time for mission employees to enjoy the holidays.
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Sneak preview of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft
By: William Atkins
A mockup of the Orion spacecraft is currently under development by NASA. When completed, Orion will carry four to six astronauts to the International Space Station, the Moon, and then onwards to Mars. They may go to other places in the solar system where astronauts have not gone before.
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By: William Atkins
A mockup of the Orion spacecraft is currently under development by NASA. When completed, Orion will carry four to six astronauts to the International Space Station, the Moon, and then onwards to Mars. They may go to other places in the solar system where astronauts have not gone before.
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Future astronauts might say, “Houston, the Altair has landed!”
By: William Atkins
NASA announced December 13, 2007, at the Johnson Space Center, that the new name for its 21st century lunar lander is Altair. Its official designation is Lunar Surface Access Module, or LSAM.
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By: William Atkins
NASA announced December 13, 2007, at the Johnson Space Center, that the new name for its 21st century lunar lander is Altair. Its official designation is Lunar Surface Access Module, or LSAM.
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Boeing awarded NASA contract to build Ares 1 Instrument Unit Avionics ring
By: William Atkins
The Boeing Company announced Wednesday, December 12, 2007, that it was awarded the NASA contract to build the Instrument Unit Avionics (IUA) ring for the Ares 1 rocket, which will launch the Orion capsule into space.
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By: William Atkins
The Boeing Company announced Wednesday, December 12, 2007, that it was awarded the NASA contract to build the Instrument Unit Avionics (IUA) ring for the Ares 1 rocket, which will launch the Orion capsule into space.
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Faulty sensors to be tested by NASA: could have been problem since STS-1
By: William Atkins
NASA reports that the external tank of Atlantis for its yet-scheduled STS-122 mission will be filled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen sometime the week of December 17, 2007, to test four sensors that prevented last week’s launch. Some media reports state that the problem could have been there throughout the history of the shuttle program.
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By: William Atkins
NASA reports that the external tank of Atlantis for its yet-scheduled STS-122 mission will be filled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen sometime the week of December 17, 2007, to test four sensors that prevented last week’s launch. Some media reports state that the problem could have been there throughout the history of the shuttle program.
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Three big discoveries of Northern Lights
By: William Atkins
The NASA THEMIS spacecraft—after only eight months in active operation—has made three important discoveries about “why” the aurora borealis, commonly called the Northern Lights, suddenly appears very bright and “where” it gets all of its energy.
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By: William Atkins
The NASA THEMIS spacecraft—after only eight months in active operation—has made three important discoveries about “why” the aurora borealis, commonly called the Northern Lights, suddenly appears very bright and “where” it gets all of its energy.
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Voyager 1 and 2 say solar system is dented
By: William Atkins
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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By: William Atkins
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Mechanisms for solar wind discovered by Japanese Hinode spacecraft
By: William Atkins
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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By: William Atkins
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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UFOs flying around Saturn have been identified
By: William Atkins
Scientists have finally explained unusual looking unidentified-flying-saucer-shaped objects within the rings of the planet Saturn. Luckily, the objects don't contain little green men.
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By: William Atkins
Scientists have finally explained unusual looking unidentified-flying-saucer-shaped objects within the rings of the planet Saturn. Luckily, the objects don't contain little green men.
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