News Source: News Press
| 2 months ago
The station is now 84 percent complete and has a mass of 711,000 pounds. Three spacewalks performed maintenance and prepared for upcoming missions, installing a fresh coolant tank and deploying a platform for large spare parts and wiring cables for...
News Source: NewKerala
| 2 months ago
The results from these experiments could lead to the development of better materials on Earth...Understanding how fluids react in microgravity could lead to improved designs for fuel tanks, water systems and other fluid-based systems. STS-128...
News Source: Gulf News
| 2 months ago
Discovery touched down at Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles an hour before sunset, ending its delivery trip to the international space station. Stormy weather made it too risky to bring Discovery back to its home port in Florida on Thursday,...
News Source: Inquirer.net
| 2 months ago
Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 5:53 p.m. local time (0053 GMT) on Friday.
News Source: CNN
| 2 months ago
The space shuttle Discovery landed in California on Friday evening after bad weather near Kennedy Space Center forced it to wave off a landing in Florida. "Welcome home Discovery," mission control said after the shuttle landed. "Congratulations on...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 2 months ago
Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, ending a 13 day-mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle made the steep descent -- at an angle seven times more acute than a commercial jet -- through thin cloud to runway 22 at...