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NASA EPOXI Flyby Reveals Insights Into Comet

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 - 12:16:23 - Anuradha Menon

NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 at 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT) Thursday, Nov. 4. Scientists say initial images...

Aurora Mission Makes Detour To Moon

Thursday, July 29th, 2010 - 16:25:17 - Anuradha Menon

A pair of Earth-orbiting satellites designed to study the auroras are making a detour to visit the moon. The two spacecraft are part of a fleet of...

U.S. Testing Pain Ray In Afghanistan

Saturday, June 19th, 2010 - 09:33:44 - Anuradha Menon

The U.S. mission in Afghanistan centers around swaying locals to its side. And there’s no better persuasion tool than an invisible pain ray that...

Atlantis Flips For Safety Check
Friday, May 21st, 2010
Space shuttle Atlantis performs a Roll Pitch Maneuver, or back flip (sped up here), as it arrives at the International Space...

Shuttle Atlantis Draws Near To Final Days

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 - 09:15:48 - Anuradha Menon

The return to Earth of the space shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for later this month, is expected to end a career that has lasted nearly 25 years. When...

Astronauts Arrive At Kennedy For Launch

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 - 16:58:36 - Anuradha Menon

The six astronauts for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission to the International Space Station now are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...

Flight Readiness Review Under Way At Kennedy

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 - 14:31:59 - Anuradha Menon

Officials are gathered today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the agency-level Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, where they'll verify...

Discovery Lands Safely at Kennedy
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts ended a two-week journey of more than 6.2 million miles with a Tuesday morning...

Atlantis Astros Feted Yesterday

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 - 17:49:41 - Ehud Rattner

After a flawless mission to resupply the International Space Station, the STS-129 crew members now are back at NASA's Johnson Space Center in...