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Final Space Shuttle Year Begins With Last Night LaunchWashington 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. Only five more shuttle flights, including the Endeavour launch, are planned, NASA said in a statement a ... read more |
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Seed Bank For The MoonSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 27, 2010 In 2009, it was found that some polar regions of the Moon are the coldest places in the solar system. It's even colder there than distant, frozen Pluto! Some craters are permanently blocked from sunlight, and apparently lack sources of heat from underground. These areas aren't just cold at certain times. They never get warm at all. The Moon's cold traps have been celebrated for another reason. They apparently hold large quantities of water ice, which could be highly useful to astronauts in the fut ... read more |
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Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 27, 2009 NASA says its Cassini spacecraft will return to Saturn's largest moon, Titan, this week to again inspect the cloud-shrouded moon, but from 4,654 miles away. The Thursday flyby will place Cassini more than 3,970 miles higher above Titan's surface than it was during it's Jan. 12 flyby, but scientists say that will not make the new mission any less valuable. Instead, NASA said the h ... more  
Moscow (UPI) Jan 27, 2009 The design for a new booster rocket for the next generation of Russian manned spacecraft should be completed in August, an official said Tuesday. The Progress design bureau in Samara, Space Corp. Energia and the Makeyev missile design facility are collaborating on the Rus-M booster rocket, RIA Novosti reported. The new manned spacecraft is scheduled for launch in 2017. "The work ... more  
Hampton VA (SPX) Jan 27, 2010A NASA team looking into design concepts for future space capsules has successfully demonstrated that an all-composite structure is a feasible alternative to traditional metal capsules for carrying astronauts into space and returning them safely to Earth. The composite materials that make up the structure are basically the same as the tough, lightweight laminates used today for race cars, ... more |
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GOES-P Spacecraft Being Processed In FloridaGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 18, 2010 During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites also known as GOES-P is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the first and second stages of the Delta IV rocket that will carry it into orbit, are being assembled on the launch pad. The GOES-P spacecraft is currently being processed at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida. Prior to the holiday break the Payload Attached Fitting (PAF) fit check ... read more |
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