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On the 1st of February 2003, the space shuttle Columbia re-entered Earth's atmosphere while severely damaged to the left wing. The intense heat generated by the friction with the air eventually weakened the structural integrity of the vehicle and determined its disintegration, killing the crew of seven it was ca... |
10 May 2008
04:26 GMT |
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Yesterday, the crew of STS-123 mission executed the scheduled spacewalk to test the new heat-shield repair technique developed by NASA. The Tile Repair Ablator Dispenser, or T-RAD, was designed to be used in the repair of damaged heat tiles covering the underbelly of the space shuttle. The need for a repair technique... |
21 March 2008
09:45 GMT |
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We all know how valuable heat shields are while making re-entries into Earth's atmosphere, the Columbia space shuttle disaster stands as testimony for the importance of such hardware, as a hole only about 30 centimeters in diameter brought down a 3.6 ton behemoth of a spacecraft, killing seven in the process. In... |
3 March 2008
05:57 GMT |
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This time Atlantis had no more problems with the external fuel tank fill up and cleared the launch pad right as scheduled, at 2:45 p.m. ET, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space shuttle is carrying the European space module Columbus to the International Space Station, where it will remain for the next s... |
8 February 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Only four days ago, the world remembered the events which took place 22 years ago, when the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated into the Earth's atmosphere during a failed launch attempt. Through an unfortunate chain of events, five years ago, the space shuttle Columbia suffered a similar outcome during a re-... |
1 February 2008
08:57 GMT |
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The U.S. officials were very evasive in their press statement released on Saturday, which could be related to the fact that the giant orbiter is a spy satellite. It is unclear when the satellite lost power or when and where it will hit the Earth. What is known is that it cannot be controlled anymore, is quickly decay... |
28 January 2008
02:47 GMT |
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After the aborted liftoff on the 6th of December, NASA had to cancel the second launch attempt that was scheduled to take place yesterday. The glitch in the fuel sensors was apparently fixed until the filling of the external liquid fuel tank began and one of the gauges started giving false readings again.Due to the f... |
10 December 2007
03:14 GMT |
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Atlantis will lift-off today, with seven astronauts on board, in order to deliver the European space module Columbus, which will be docked to the Harmony module and will act as a laboratory. The shuttle will launch from the launch pad, located of the seaside at the Kennedy Space Center, somewhere around 21:31GMT, and... |
6 December 2007
10:51 GMT |
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