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Shuttle to Haul 27,000 Pounds of Spare Parts
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 10 days ago
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After the space shuttles are retired in about a year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will have no way to take up any big, heavy replacement pieces to the station...Stott, who has spent three months on the space station, will return...
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NASA readies space shuttle Atlantis for Monday launch
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility The US space agency was readying for the launch Monday of the space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts to deliver equipment that will maintain the nearly completed International Space Station. Here at Kennedy Space Center weather should...
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NASA invites Twitterers to next shuttle launch
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The shuttle Atlantis was moved to the launch pad Wednesday for its planned liftoff on Nov. 12. The shuttle will deliver more goods to the International Space Station...Twitter followers who sign up will get a tour of Kennedy Space Center and a front-row...
Tags: space shuttle, shuttle atlantis, Atlantis, space center, NASA Tweetup, kennedy space, shuttle launch
NASA targeting late Friday for shuttle launch try
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Two technicians are seen, left, near Space Shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla...Discovery to the international space station late Friday night, after back-to-back delays caused by bad weather and...
Tags: shuttle launch, space station, international space, NASA
NASA scrubs shuttle launch
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Wednesday morning's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been scrubbed due to a problem with a valve in the main propulsion system...Spokeswoman Candrea Thomas said mission managers are this evening to determine what can be done next for...
Tags: space station, space shuttle, shuttle discovery, launch attempt, international space, liquid hydrogen, fueling valve, shuttle launch, NASA, external tank
NASA plans sixth shuttle launch attempt!
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the US space agency saying there is only a 40 percent chance of unfavourable weather conditions this time. "Well, this isn't the tweet I hoped to send, but it's just not easy to launch a shuttle,"...
Tags: NASA, space station, percent chance, Florida, international space, launch attempt, space shuttle, shuttle launch
Space shuttle Endeavour cleared for launch
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Shuttle Endeavour is being gassed up at Kennedy Space Center this morning after engineers determined launch-pad lightning strikes did no damage to critical shuttle electrical systems. Seven astronauts led by veteran mission commander Mark Polansky are...
Tags: space shuttle, space station, shuttle endeavour, kennedy space, Florida, launch director, Pete Nickolenko, shuttle launch, space center, director pete
NASA delays shuttle launch after lightning
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Saturday it has postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for at least 24 hours after lightning struck nearly a dozen times near the launch pad. "We need to be 100 percent confident that we have a good system across the board ... [we're going to]...
Tags: lightning strike, space shuttle, launch pad, shuttle endeavour, shuttle launch, Mike Moses, Julie Payette, delays shuttle, launch delays, space station
Storms could delay shuttle launch--again
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Showers and thunderstorms have been rumbling across parts of the Southeast for the past few days and will continue to do so on Saturday. Cape Canaveral, Fla., site of the Kennedy Space Center, is one place the unsettled weather will rumble over into the...
Tags: space shuttle, shuttle endeavour, shuttle launch, launch attempt, lightning strikes, delays shuttle, previous launch
Stormy weather could stall weekend shuttle launch
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Stormy weather could stall this weekend's launch of space shuttle Endeavour. Endeavour on Saturday night, following a pair of delays last month caused by a hydrogen gas leak...Forecasters on Wednesday put the odds of acceptable weather at just 40 percent...
Tags: space station, international space, space shuttle, University of Calgary, shuttle endeavour, shuttle launch, Robert Thirsk, Julie Payette, stormy weather
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