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Discovery astronauts complete second spacewalkWashington (AFP) April 11, 2010 Two astronauts from the US shuttle Discovery completed Sunday a second spacewalk as part of efforts to replace a depleted ammonia coolant tank outside the International Space Station. Mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson finished their seven-hour, 26-minute walk in open space at 8:56 am EDT (1256 GMT), after installing a new ammonia tank on a space station truss, NASA officials said. Due to a "troublesome bolt," NASA said the walkers ran out of time and were unable to complete ... read more |
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) April 7, 2010The crew of the US shuttle Discovery were welcomed with hugs and handshakes Wednesday aboard the International Space Station after a successful docking high over the Caribbean. As the hatch between the two space ships opened at 0911 GMT, the seven astronauts floated in one by one into the embrace of the International Space Station's six crew members, who took pictures and video-taped the occ ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2010Malin Space Science Systems has delivered the two cameras for the Mast Camera instrument that will be the science-imaging workhorse of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, to be launched next year. The instrument, called Mastcam, has been tested and is ready for installation onto the rover, named Curiosity, which is being built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. T ... more  
Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 08, 2010SES WORLD SKIES has announced that the SES-1 satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan onboard an Antonov cargo plane. The SES-1 spacecraft, manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will now be readied for launch onboard an ILS Proton Breeze M booster, scheduled for lift off on April 24, 2010. The state-of-the-art SES-1 satellite will replace SES' existing ... more |
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NASA extends space contract with Russia on ISSWashington (AFP) April 6, 2010 NASA announced Tuesday that it signed a contract with the Russian space agency to shuttle US astronauts to the orbiting International Space Station. The 335 million dollar contract extension is for the "transportation, rescue and related services" of US crew bound for the ISS in 2013, NASA said in a statement. The contract "covers comprehensive Soyuz support, including all necessary training and preparation for launch, crew rescue, and landing of a long-duration mission for six individual statio ... read more |
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