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US committed to space: Obama tells astronautsWashington (AFP) Feb 17, 2010 US President Barack Obama told astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday that he was deeply committed to space exploration, after scrapping plans to return Americans to the moon. Obama told the US, Russian and Japanese ISS astronauts and comrades who traveled to the station on the shuttle Endeavor that he was proud of them and the work they were doing in space. He also said he was "committed" to human space exploration in the future, in a television link-up to the astronauts, ... read more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2010NASA's recent installation of a cupola on the International Space Station has caught the eyes of the world. It's appropriate, considering that the cupola itself is an eye on the world. The cupola is a small blister on the side of the recently installed Tranquility module, which gives panoramic views of the space station, the Earth below, and space itself. This will allow astronauts to insp ... more  
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  
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2010University of Central Florida asteroid expert Humberto Campins has been selected to help prepare a one-of-a-kind mission. The mission is unique because it aims to bring back to Earth a sample of a primitive, organic-rich asteroid that is not found in any meteorite collection. This asteroid formed somewhere between Mars and Jupiter; however, its current orbit brings it relatively close to E ... more |
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Concrete Phase Of Runway Begins At Spaceport AmericaUpham NM (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 The first batch of concrete was poured Thursday, February 11, marking the start of the final concrete finish phase of the runway construction at Spaceport America, the world's first purposebuilt commercial spaceport. The runway project, which began in August 2009, is expected to be completed this summer, according to the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA). The multi-layered runway is made up of 24 inches of prepared subgrade with the top six inches being a soil-cement mix foundation, followed b ... read more |
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