The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery has been cancelled once again. This time because of a faulty fuel valve. NASA said that fuelling had been partly completed when the launch was halted, but...
President Barack Obama, along with some Washington middle school children and members of congress, chatted with the crew of the space shuttle Discovery this morning. During the video conference call, the...
CNN reports; As a routine precautionary measure, for a period of approx. 10 minutes as Space debris flies by, Russian astronauts moved to safety zone. Considered relatively harmless.
With only 24 hours left before space shuttle Endeavour comes back to earth, Mission Control is saying the weather may be a bit questionable for the main landing site, and as a result they could be kept up for one...
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The hatches between the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Endeavour are now open. Space shuttle Endeavour linked with the international space station on Sunday, kicking off a huge home makeover that...
" The international space station's three crew members Sunday welcomed aboard space shuttle Endeavour's seven astronauts, who arrived to help install more living areas and upgrade amenities. The...
"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts unfurled a 100-foot, laser-tipped pole and surveyed their ship for any launch damage Saturday while drawing ever closer to their destination,...
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Space shuttle obsolete, American atronauts fly from Russia to ISS; no war in sight. " STAR CITY, Russia: This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps....
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"China's Shenzhou VII space capsule has returned to Earth after a successful mission orbiting the planet. The spacecraft touched down in the Mongolian desert to rapturous applause from mission control in Beijing....
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After successfully putting Astronauts in orbit, Astronauts are now ready to for the space walk. Also on earlier occasions China's astronauts were wearing diapers in abscence of toiltets. The...
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This is really odd. Unless this is a mistake, but if not, it really makes you wonder about propaganda and the role of the media and the government in China.The country's official news agency Xinhua posted an...
"Thirty-nine years to the day after Neil Armstrong radioed "The Eagle has landed" from the Sea of Tranquility, NASA on Sunday turned its eyes toward the moon, gazing both forward and backward in time. For the...
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" A new analysis of volcanic glass recovered from the moon decades ago found the rocks contain traces of the constituents of water, challenging a long-held notion that the moon is perfectly...
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"NASA awarded Thursday a contract to Oceaneering International of Houston, Texas to develop new spacesuits that will protect astronauts on their treks to the International Space Station--and eventually the moon....
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A search for ancient microbialites in an ancient lakebed may offer clues what Mars is like based on Earths environment billions of years ago, which is said to mirror Mars environment today. This will...