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Space shuttle Discovery problem reported Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Mar 15, 2009 
NASA scientists discussed options Monday following a problem that occurred during the weekend when space shuttle Discovery's aft fuel tanks were being vented.
"The Right Reaction Control System
fuel helium tank pressure unexpectedly decreased in unison with the
fuel propellant tank when the fuel tank was vented," NASA said in a statement. "This indicates that at least one of the t ... read moreSpace shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA 
Washington (AFP) March 9, 2010The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday. "I think the real issue that the agency and the nation has to address is the expense," said Space Shuttle Program Manager John Shannon, noting the shuttle fleet costs the National Aeronautics and Space Administr ... more
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American Aerospace Accepting Research Reservations On Last Shuttle Mission
Radnor PA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010American Aerospace Advisors has announced that it is accepting commercial reservations for research on STS-133 (ULF-5), the last scheduled Space Shuttle mission, which will provide approximately two weeks of microgravity time. The company's commercial payload utilizes flight proven microgravity hardware equipment flown on several earlier Space Shuttle space missions. The system accommodate ... more Discovery launch preparations under way 
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 Space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 astronauts spent the day Tuesday at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston conducting a simulated shuttle liftoff. Space agency officials said preparation of the shuttle for its April 5, 6:21 a.m. EDT launch were also under way at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida where technicians are servicing the shuttle's hypergolic, or propellant ... more Final Shuttle Motor Test Completed 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 26, 2010NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah. The flight support motor, or FSM-17, burned for approximately 123 seconds - the same time each reusable solid rocket motor burns during an actual space shuttle launch. Preliminary indications show all test objectives were met. After final test data are analyzed, result ... more Discovery Being Prepped For Rollout
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 24, 2010Space shuttle Discovery will be attached to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters today in NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. The shuttle is being prepared for its rollout to Launch Pad 39A, scheduled for March 2 at 12:01 a.m. EST. At NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Discovery's STS-131 crew members will be reviewing administrative and Multi-Purpo ... more |
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Discovery launch delayed until April
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 NASA says cold conditions at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have forced it to postpone the next space shuttle launch until April. Space agency managers have targeted April 5 for the launch of shuttle Discovery and its STS-131 mission to the International Space Station. Discovery's seven crew members had planned to lift off March 18, but the cold conditions delayed the shuttl ... more Riding Out The Snow Storm To Carry On The Mission 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2010Hundreds of ground crew workers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. have been working since Friday afternoon to keep buildings safe and ensure essential employees are there to support the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-130) mission and the launch and operation of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Crews continue to work very hard to make sure the Center is ready to return to n ... more Crew Preparing Spacewalk Equipment 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 11, 2010The crew of space shuttle Endeavour awoke at 4:19 p.m. EST to the song "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss, played for Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick, who fondly remembers the music from the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. After wake up, the crew was notified that a focused inspection will not be necessary. Today Endeavour's crew will begin transferring supplies from t ... more Shuttle Endeavour docks with International Space Station 
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 10, 2010The US space shuttle Endeavour docked on schedule Wednesday with the orbiting International Space Station, NASA announced. At 0506 GMT Endeavour Commander George Zamka backed the space shuttle "into pressurized mating adapter number 2 on the International Space Station's Harmony node," NASA said in a statement. "The two spacecraft were flying 225 miles (362 kilometers) up and off the nor ... more |
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