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Discovery Facing Local Weather Delays At Cape CanaveralHouston (UPI) Apr 19, 2010 Shuttle astronauts prepared Monday for a second landing attempt, after rain at Kennedy Space Center forced them to wave off the first of the day's landing opportunities. Rainy conditions remained in the outlook for the day's final Florida landing opportunity, at 10:23 am. If waved off for a second time, NASA planned to land at Edwards AFB in California. Tuesday's forecast for Florida shows an improved weather outlook, but still included a chance of rain showers within 50 km of the shuttle's runway. ... read more |
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida (AFP) April 15, 2010President Barack Obama Thursday set a bold new course for the future of US space travel, planning to send American astronauts into Mars orbit within the next three decades. And he sought to quell a storm of outrage which met earlier plans unveiled by his administration, vowing before NASA staff that he was "100 percent committed" to their mission and the US space agency's future. "As pre ... more  
Kennedy Space Center, Florida (AFP) April 15, 2010US President Barack Obama said Thursday he is aiming to send US astronauts into Mars orbit in the mid-2030s as he sought to quell protests over his earlier space policies. "By 2025 we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first ever crew missions beyond the moon into deep space," Obama told an audience at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "So, we'll ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) April 15, 2010Of all the experiments Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki has carried out in space - making sushi in a kimono and playing a harp - blowing soap bubbles has arguably brought the biggest breakthrough. Yamazaki, Japan's second female astronaut and its first mum-in-space, is part of the crew that joined a team on the International Space Station (ISS) last week in the latest mission for US spa ... more |
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Picking Up Pace To Endeavour CraterPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 16, 2010 Opportunity has picked up the pace a little as she presses on toward Endeavour crater, recharging her batteries between drives. First, the rover must clear a region of large ripples, so Opportunity is heading south before the turn to the East. Sols 2206 (April 8, 2010) and 2208 (April 10, 2010), each saw a roughly 50-meter (164-foot) drive straight south. On Sol 2211 (April 13, 2010), Opportunity drove 30 meters (98 feet) east, deliberately crossing a series of ripples to collect terrain dat ... read more |
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