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Endeavour Lands - Just Four Shuttle Launches To GoCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 The US space shuttle Endeavour successfully landed in Florida late Sunday after a two-week mission to install a new module on the International Space Station. The shuttle touched down on a coastal runway at the Kennedy Space Center here at 10:20 pm (0320 GMT Monday) after the cloudy weather in the area improved enough for Endeavour to be cleared for landing. "Congratulations on a great mission," Mission Control radioed the six astronauts as the shuttle rolled to a stop. "It's great to be ho ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 17, 2010China launched an orbiter into space early Sunday, the latest stage in the development of its own satellite navigation system, state media said. The orbiter, launched at about 00:12 am (1612 GMT Saturday) was the third orbiter that China has launched for its Beidou Navigation System, Xinhua news agency said. "(The orbiter) will join another two already in orbits to form a network which will eventually have a total of 35 satellites, capable of providing global navigation service to users around the world around 2020. ... more  
Houston, Texas (AFP) Feb 21, 2010The Endeavour looked for a break in the clouds Sunday to return to Earth after a successful two-week mission to install a node with a seven-window observation deck on the International Space Station. Mission Control lined up a series of landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:20 pm (0320 GMT Monday) and 11:55 pm (0455 GMT Monday) and two more later at Edwards Ai ... more  
Upham, N.M. (UPI) Feb 19, 2009 A thick layer of concrete is being poured atop a state-of-the art runway as crews work to complete Spaceport America, New Mexican officials said. The 10,000-foot-long runway in Upham, N.M., was designed to allow landing by nearly any kind of aircraft and to support space tourism and payload launch operations, Spaceport America Executive Director Steve Landeene said. The 200-foot- ... more |
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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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