Items tagged with shuttle

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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

Launch Postponed for Third Straight Day Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 - 14:47:53 - Sarah Gingichashvili Weather forced NASA on Monday to scrub a launch of space shuttle Endeavour, marking the spacecraft's third takeoff postponement in three days and... read more

Space Shuttle Tries Again to Launch Monday, July 13th, 2009 - 09:30:23 - Sarah Gingichashvili NASA will give the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour another try Monday, after having been repeatedly thwarted by the weather and technical... read more

Endeavour Set For Saturday Launch Saturday, July 11th, 2009 - 09:18:06 - Anuradha Menon At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, crews began moving the Rotating Service Structure to its park position on time at 11 p.m. EDT. The... read more

Endeavour Tank Test Passed, July 11 Launch Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 - 14:33:57 - Anuradha Menon A test fueling of space shuttle Endeavour's external tank revealed no gaseous hydrogen leaks, verifying recent repairs were successful, NASA managers... read more

NASA Readies Plan B for Moon Rockets Thursday, June 25th, 2009 - 12:38:40 - Anuradha Menon NASA has a backup plan to launch crew and cargo to the moon, reduce the gap between shuttle retirement and a replacement ship's debut, and save... read more

Endeavour Set For Saturday Launch Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 - 18:46:02 - Anuradha Menon The countdown to launch of space shuttle Endeavour on its STS-127 mission officially began at 9 a.m. today as countdown clocks began counting... read more

First Expedition 20 Spacewalk Complete Saturday, June 6th, 2009 - 18:53:27 - Anuradha Menon Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt completed the first of two Russian spacewalks planned for June at 8:46... read more

STS-125 Lands Successfully Monday, May 25th, 2009 - 09:52:43 - Ehud Rattner Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:39 a.m. EDT, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million... read more

Marathon Spacewalk Gives Hubble New Life Saturday, May 16th, 2009 - 10:23:51 - Anuradha Menon Astronaut Michael Massimino, floating inside the Hubble Space Telescope, and fellow spacewalker Michael "Bueno" Good, on the end of the shuttle... read more

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