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Discovery Crew Lands Safely in California

Saturday, September 12th, 2009 - 09:01:31 - Anuradha Menon

Space shuttle Discovery touched down at Edwards Air Force Base In California on Friday to end a 14-day mission to the International Space Station...

Discovery Lands on Thursday

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 - 09:02:03 - Anuradha Menon

On Wednesday, space shuttle Discovery's crew will peform the Flight Control System checkout and the Reaction Control System hot-fire. Landing is...

Robo-Scientist's First Findings

Sunday, April 5th, 2009 - 12:09:38 - Sarah Gingichashvili

Scientists have created an ideal colleague - a robot that performs hundreds of repetitive experiments. The robot, called Adam, is the first machine...

Astronauts Get Shuttle Ready to Come Home

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 - 14:32:47 - Anuradha Menon

NASA has cleared Discovery's heat shield for re-entry tomorrow based on the astronauts' inspection with a laser-tipped boom. During re-entry, the...

Discovery Blasts Off with Stowaway Bat

Thursday, March 19th, 2009 - 10:21:46 - Anuradha Menon

A bat that apparently had trouble flying instead tried to hitch a ride on the space shuttle Discovery, NASA officials said. The animal was last seen...

Discovery Docks With Space Station

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 - 16:28:22 - Anuradha Menon

The space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station at 5:20 p.m. EDT Tuesday, delivering the final truss segment and pair of U.S...

Discovery Shuttle Launch Set for Wednesday

Monday, March 9th, 2009 - 10:03:27 - Sarah Gingichashvili

After several delays, NASA said Friday that space shuttle Discovery is scheduled for launch. Commander Lee Archambault and his six crewmates are now...

NASA Postpones Space Shuttle Launch Again

Saturday, February 21st, 2009 - 14:06:45 - Iddo Genuth

NASA has delayed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery for a fourth time amidst concerns about valves. After meeting all Friday at Kennedy Space...

Science Channel
Friday, October 31st, 2008 - Noa Rotkop
Discovery's Science Channel website offers news stories on topics ranging from Discovery technology to the way gaming...