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February 08, 2010
Endeavour Set For Early Monday Launch
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 7, 2010
The launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour was delayed by 24 hours early Sunday due to bad weather over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA officials said. The delay was caused by a heavy cloud cover over Cape Canaveral, officials from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. "We tried really, really hard to work the weather, but it's just too dynamic," explained ... read more

NASA Revises Bdget For Displaying Retired Shuttles
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 18, 2010
NASA has issued a follow-up Request for Information, or RFI, for ideas from education institutions, science museums and other appropriate organizations about the community's ability to acquire and publicly display orbiters after the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program. The original RFI in December 2008 noted that a potential shuttle recipient would have to pay an estimated $42 million ... more
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  • Shuttle Endeavour To Bring Tranquility To ISS
    Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 01, 2010
    Space shuttle Endeavour is to deliver on February 9 a new technological module, Tranquility, to the International Space Station for its U.S. segment, a NASA expert said Friday. Members of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, stepped down from the lunar lander onto the moon's Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969. The Tranquility module was named in honor of this event's 40t ... more

    Final Space Shuttle Year Begins With Last Night Launch
    Washington DC (AFP) Jan 28, 2010
    NASA on Wednesday gave the green light for the US Endeavour space shuttle to blast off towards the International Space Station on February 7 carrying six astronauts. Lift-off is set for 04:39 am (0939 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida in what marks the final year of space exploration for the shuttle fleet, which is due to be mothballed at the end of September. ... more

    NASA Reveals New Batch Of Space Program Artifacts
    Washington DC (SPX) Jan 26, 2010
    NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human space flight technologies, processes and accomplishments from NASA's past and present space exploration programs. NASA partnered with the General Services Administration to provide a first-of-its-kind, Web-based, elec ... more

    Endeavour, Pad And Crew Preps Continue
    Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 26, 2010
    At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, workers closed space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay doors for flight during the weekend. Pad maintenance and checks will be conducted until launch day, which is targeted for Feb. 7 at 4:39 a.m. EST. The six STS-130 mission astronauts will review flight data and practice in-flight maintenance procedures today at NASA's Johnson Space Cent ... more

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    Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip
    Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Dec 3, 2009
    NASA says Kennedy Space Center technicians are testing space shuttle Endeavour's systems, preparing for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Endeavour's move from the Orbiter Processing Facility is scheduled Dec. 12, but before that can happen, the shuttle's environmental control and life support systems, main engine and aerosurface hydraulics must be checked, NASA said. Technicia ... more

    Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth
    Houston, Texas (AFP) Nov 27, 2009
    The shuttle Atlantis landed back on Earth Friday, capping a mission to the International Space Station and bringing NASA's small fleet of winged spaceships closer to looming retirement. Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts touched down at 9:44 am (1444 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, under mostly sunny skies. During their 11-day mission, Atlantis delivered and equipped ... more

    Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday
    Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2009
    The STS-129 crew spent its final full day in space Thursday. The crew tested Atlantis' flight control system, the flaps and rudders that will guide it through the atmosphere, and test fired the thruster jets that control its orientation in space and during early re-entry. All crew members spent time stowing items in the shuttle's cabin in preparation for the return to Earth. Landing is ... more

    Shuttle Undocks From Space Station
    Washington (AFP) Nov 25, 2009
    The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday as it prepared its return to Earth. Atlantis lifted from the orbiting outpost at 0953 GMT. Pilot Barry Wilmore then circled the space station before firing the shuttle's thrusters twice at 1104 and 1132 GMT to leave the vicinity. ... more

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