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No leaks in Endeavour's fuel tank: NASA Washington (AFP) July 1, 2009
The US space shuttle Endeavour has cleared a test for potentially harmful hydrogen gas leaks that twice delayed its high-profile launch, NASA said Wednesday. Engineers from the US space agency seemed to have successfully repaired the external fuel tank of the shuttle, which is waiting to embark on its final mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with a seven-member crew. To tes ... read moreNASA Holds Test To Verify Endeavour Tank Repairs
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 30, 2009NASA will conduct a tanking test at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, July 1, to ensure repairs to space shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank were successful. The test will be shown live on NASA Television beginning at 7 a.m. EDT. It will be followed by a news conference at approximately 1 p.m. Briefing participants will be shuttle program Launch Integration ... more
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NASA uncovers cause of shuttle delay
Washington (AFP) June 23, 2009Engineers from the US space agency NASA think they have discovered the cause of a hydrogen leak which twice delayed a high-profile shuttle launch this month, the agency said Monday. It may now be all systems go for the space shuttle Endeavour, which is waiting to embark on its final mission to the International Space Station, after a dodgy gas line connection was uncovered during tests. ... more Shuttle Hydrogen Leak Forces Scrub: Next Attempt July 11
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) June 17, 2009NASA deferred the launch of its shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday for the second time in less than a week due to a nagging hydrogen leak whose cause experts are struggling to understand. "At 1:55 am (0555 GMT), launch managers called a scrub, canceling today's planned launch of space shuttle Endeavour on its STS-127 mission," the US space agency said in a statement. The next launch attempt will take place on July 11. ... more NASA sets Wednesday launch for Endeavour
Washington (AFP) June 15, 2009NASA on Monday set a June 17 launch date for the shuttle Endeavour, after its scheduled mission last week to the International Space Station had to be postponed because of a hydrogen gas leak, the US space agency said. "NASA managers have scheduled the next launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission for 5:40 am EDT (0940 GMT) on Wednesday, June 17. The launch will take place ... more NASA readies shuttle for Wednesday launch
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2009NASA was on course to finish repairs to launch the shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday after its scheduled mission to the space station last week was postponed because of a gas leak. "We're inside 24 hours of launch attempt number 2," the crew's commander, Mark Polansky, wrote on Tuesday on the micro-blogging website Twitter. The next attempted blast-off for shuttle to the International Space ... more |
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NASA announces STS-127 activities
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 9, 2009 A pre-launch webcast will be one highlight of the U.S. space agency's Web coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's flight to the International Space Station. Endeavour is to lift off Saturday at 7:17 a.m. EDT from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Wednesday webcast at 10 a.m. EDT will start the in-depth online coverage of the miss ... more Endeavour Ready To Go
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 11, 2009The countdown to launch of space shuttle Endeavour on its STS-127 mission officially began at 9 a.m. today as countdown clocks began counting backward from T-43 hours. Prelaunch activities remain on schedule as NASA prepares for liftoff of Endeavour on Saturday, June 13, at 7:17 a.m. EDT. The seven STS-127 crew members arrived at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility late Monday ... more NASA approves June 13 shuttle launch date
Washington DC (AFP) June 3, 2009NASA has given a green light to the next mission to the International Space Station by the shuttle Endeavour, set to blast off on June 13. The launch is due to take place at 7:17 am (1117 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the US space agency said in a statement after a meeting of top officials to assess preparations. The date was set date after a meeting at ... more NASA approves June 13 shuttle launch date
Washington (AFP) June 3, 2009NASA on Wednesday gave the green light for the next mission to the International Space Station by the shuttle Endeavour to blast off on June 13. The launch is due to take place at 7:17 am (1117 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the US space agency said in a statement after a meeting of top officials to assess preparations. NASA will have a three-day window to ... more |
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