Items tagged with orbit

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Shuttle Atlantis Off On Delivery Mission Monday, November 16th, 2009 - 10:12:18 - Anuradha Menon The space shuttle Atlantis roared to life and raced into orbit Monday on a critical mission to deliver 15 tons of equipment and spare parts to the... read more

Atlantis is on the Move Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 - 12:06:22 - Anuradha Menon Space shuttle Atlantis began its move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:38 a.m... read more

Expedition 21 Crew Launches from Kazakhstan Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 09:43:18 - Anuradha Menon Flight Engineers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev of the 21st International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the... read more

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

Planet Found in Tilted Orbit Around Star Thursday, June 18th, 2009 - 18:43:37 - Anuradha Menon An international team of researchers has found a planet around another star whose orbit is steeply tilted from the plane of the star's equator, a... read more

Japan’s Moon Probe Makes Crash Landing Friday, June 12th, 2009 - 16:27:10 - Anuradha Menon A Japanese probe ended more than a year of orbiting the moon with a controlled crash-landing on the lunar surface, officials said Thursday. The... read more

Planet-Hunting Method Finally Succeeds Friday, May 29th, 2009 - 16:11:05 - Anuradha Menon A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known. The technique... read more

Atlantis to Land on Sunday Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 - 09:10:23 - Anuradha Menon STS-125 Entry Flight Director Norm Knight has waved off today's landing opportunities. Capcom Greg Johnson explained to the crew the weather did not... read more

Launch Mishap Ends OCO Mission Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 - 12:06:25 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 4:55 a.m. EST liftoff Feb. 24 from California's Vandenberg Air Force... read more

The Moon Reveals Its Weirder Side Sunday, February 15th, 2009 - 09:55:47 - Sarah Gingichashvili Results from the Japanese space agency's SELENE mission to the Moon are revealing details about why the lopsided lump of rock orbiting Earth is so... read more

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