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NASA may revise last shuttle flight datesCape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jun 23, 2010 National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials say they are considering changing the launch dates for the final two space shuttle missions. NASA program managers said the change would move the launch date for STS-133 from Sept. 16 to Oct. 29 and STS-134 from late November to Feb. 28 to allow additional time to prepare for those missions. "The change is under review and any changes will be announced at the first of July," NASA officials said in a statement. At the Kennedy ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 21, 2010NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver returned June 15 from a week-long, three-city trip to Europe that included addressing the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and signing a cooperative agreement to extend the mission of an Earth science satellite. Garver's visit also included discussions with key European space agency heads and senior-level officials in the Ge ... more  
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2010Opportunity is driving again and has now covered 21 kilometers (13 miles) of odometry on Mars. The pancam mast assembly (PMA) azimuth error from Sol 2257 (May 30, 2010), has been attributed to a problem within the miniature thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-TES) instrument. An investigation of the Mini-TES is ongoing. The PMA has been restored to operation for imaging (not Mini-TES ... more  
Williamstown MA (SPX) Jun 21, 2010A large group of scientists, including Jay Pasachoff, Bryce Babcock, and Steven Souza at Williams College, reveal the character of one of the most distant objects in the solar system in a scientific paper to appear in the journal Nature. In observing the object named 2002 TX300 October 9, 2009, as it passed in front of a distant star, they could tell what its surface is like and its size. ... more |
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Spirit Catching More RaysPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 21, 2010 Spirit remains silent at her location called "Troy" on the west side of Home Plate. No communication has been received from the rover since Sol 2210 (March 22, 2010). It is likely that Spirit has experienced a low-power fault and has turned off all sub-systems, including communication and gone into a deep sleep. While sleeping, the rover will use the available solar array energy to recharge her batteries. When the batteries recover to a sufficient state of charge, Spirit will wake up and beg ... read more |
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