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 Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) June 17, 2009 
NASA 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. ... read more 
Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 16, 2009The European Space Agency said Tuesday it was in talks to extend the life of the International Space Station and get seats for its astronauts on future flights to the orbital outpost. "From a technical standpoint we are working on keeping the station alive at least up to 2025," ESA's director of human spaceflight, Simonetta di Pippo, told AFP on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show. ... more
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Houston TX (SPX) Jun 17, 2009Using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, NASA has awarded to DRI Commercial Corporation of Irvine, Calif., a contract to repair critical infrastructure facilities at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston that were damaged during Hurricane Ike in September 2008. The funds will be used to perform roof repairs and roof ledge replacements at Johnson. The comp ... more  
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 17, 2009Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Antonio Fabrizi, Director of Launchers for the European Space Agency (ESA), signed a framework contract at the Paris Air Show concerning the procurement of launch services for future ESA missions. The agreement has two main objectives: to define the conditions under which ESA procures launch services for its missions; and to facilitat ... more  
Solna, Sweden (SPX) Jun 17, 2009The two Prisma satellites are undergoing their final system tests in SSC's clean room in Solna. Since the satellites returned from France, where they underwent environmental tests, they have been completed with final software versions. To confirm that all components and software are compatible, so called "hardware-in-the-loop tests" are performed, simulating various flight scenarios includ ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 17, 2009International Space Station astronauts are getting a new toy in August - a treadmill. Famously named after comedian Stephen Colbert1, the new running machine will help astronauts stay fit, fighting off the bone loss and muscle decay2 that otherwise comes with space travel. Just one problem: How do you run where there's no gravity to hold your feet to the ground? "Bungee cords! You ha ... more |
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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 
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 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 16, 2009NASA managers have scheduled the next launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission for 5:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 17. The launch will take place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As a result, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket on Thursday ... more 
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2009The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum has announced an interactive new website to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and President Kennedy's grand vision that made that achievement possible. WeChooseTheMoon.org will go live at 9:32 a.m. on July 16th, 2009 - exactly 40 years to the minute after the historic launch. The site, powered by AOL, will recreate ... more |
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