Items tagged with spacecraft

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LRO in Lunar Orbit, LCROSS Swings By Moon Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 - 09:06:46 - Anuradha Menon The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully entered orbit around the moon following a nearly five-day journey. Engineers at NASA's Goddard... read more

LRO, LCROSS Liftoff on Lunar Journey Friday, June 19th, 2009 - 18:15:48 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, successfully separated from the Centaur upper stage and Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or... read more

NASA's Mission to Bomb the Moon Thursday, June 18th, 2009 - 10:59:07 - Anuradha Menon NASA will tomorrow launch a spectacular mission to bomb the Moon. Their LCROSS mission will blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a... read more

Endeavour Prepares for June 13 Launch Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - 16:22:14 - Anuradha Menon NASA managers completed a review Wednesday of space shuttle Endeavour's readiness for flight and selected June 13 as the official launch date for the... read more

New Space Crew Members Arrive at ISS Saturday, May 30th, 2009 - 12:45:18 - Anuradha Menon Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station at 8:34 a.m. EDT Friday. After launching from Kazakhstan on Wednesday, flight... read more

Russia Capsule Blasts off for Space Station Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 10:28:07 - Anuradha Menon Three astronauts have blasted off for the International Space Station, where they are set to raise the station's crew to six for the first time... read more

Europeans Launch Space Telescope Duo Friday, May 15th, 2009 - 10:05:07 - Anuradha Menon Two European telescopes aimed at pushing astronomy's frontier closer to the big bang were successfully launched on their space odyssey on Thursday... read more

Huge Impact Crater Discovered on Mercury Friday, May 1st, 2009 - 16:24:22 - Anuradha Menon New observations from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft reveal about 30 percent of the planet Mercury that has never been seen up close before. A giant... read more

'Supermodel' Satellite Head to Space Sunday, March 15th, 2009 - 10:13:47 - Sarah Gingichashvili Europe is set to launch one of its most challenging space missions to date. The Goce satellite will map minute variations in the pull of gravity... read more

Kepler Declared Ready for Launch Thursday, March 5th, 2009 - 14:22:40 - Anuradha Menon The Kepler spacecraft and its Delta II rocket have been cleared to launch into space late Friday night following a thorough review by launch managers... read more

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