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Discovery Crew Wraps Up Final ISS EVAHouston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2010 The third STS-131 spacewalk ended at 8:38 a.m. EDT, a six-hour, 24-minute outing for Mission Specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson. The spacewalkers fell behind the timeline when an alignment issue delayed the stowage of the depleted Ammonia Tank Assembly on a carrier in space shuttle Discovery's cargo bay. Some planned tasks had to be deferred. Before wrapping up, the spacewalkers relocated a portable foot restraint and prepared cables on the Zenith 1 truss for a spare Space to ... read more |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2010Malin Space Science Systems Inc., San Diego, 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, Pasaden ... more 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2010After taking some time to recharge her batteries, the rover attempted a drive on Sol 2202 (April 4, 2010). That drive stopped after the initial arc turn due to elevated current draw in the motors on the right side of the rover. The rover is between two ripples with the space in between forming a bowl. The rover had to push harder on the right to make the sharp turn. Conservatively-set curr ... more  
Toyko (AFP) Apr 12, 2010The latest creation by Japanese fashion designer Tae Ashida is truly out of this world - an outfit twinning a blue cardigan and shorts made for astronaut Naoko Yamazaki. The US space shuttle Discovery blasted off on Monday with Yamazaki and two other female crew on board, bound for the International Space Station (ISS) on a historic mission that put more women in orbit than ever before. ... more |
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NASA chief says space agency positioned to growWashington (AFP) April 8, 2010 NASA chief Charles Bolden has sought to reassure his staff that the US space agency remains well positioned for the future despite the cancellation of a program to return Americans to the moon. The change of course away from former president George W. Bush's vision of manned space exploration comes at a time when NASA is about to retire its three space shuttles with no replacement in sight. After this year, US astronauts will rely on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to travel to the International Space ... read more |
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