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Officials at the American space agency have decided to postpone the launch of space shuttle Discovery to November 30, in order to give engineering teams enough time to complete repairs on the orbiter, and to scan the spacecraft for any other malfunctions.Thus far, the space shuttle's launch has been delayed a to... |
6 November 2010
04:44 GMT |
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Engineering crews at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, have discovered yet another leak aboard the space shuttle Discovery, as the spacecraft was being fueled for a launch attempt today.This is the third fuel leak discovered on the orbiter in less than two weeks, and NASA should start asking... |
5 November 2010
09:38 GMT |
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Update (11:11 GMT, 0711 EDT): The launch of space shuttle Discovery has been delayed for 24 hours due to bad weather around the launch site. Stay tuned for more *** Officials at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) decided to go ahead with plans to launch the space shuttle Discovery today, November 4, after engineerin... |
4 November 2010
03:14 GMT |
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Officials at NASA say that the space shuttle Discovery will not take off before Thursday, November 4, after engineering teams discovered a new glitch in one of the orbiter's computers. Mission controllers therefore decided to postpone the launch by 24 hours, so that engineering teams would have sufficient time t... |
3 November 2010
03:33 GMT |
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Officials at NASA say that they still don't know for sure what will happen to space shuttle Discovery after it returns from its last planned flight, the STS-133 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).Discovery is now ready to fly to the orbital facility, and it is scheduled to launch on Wednesday. It w... |
1 November 2010
09:48 GMT |
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Engineering teams at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, could now finish up with the repairs of space shuttle Discovery in due time, and so take off for the orbiter's final flight have been delayed one extra day, to November 3. The shuttle is now scheduled to take off on Wednesday, at 3:52 pm EDT, or 19... |
1 November 2010
03:50 GMT |
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After NASA engineering team struggled to fix a leak they found on space shuttle Discovery about a week ago, a new glitch is forcing mission controllers at the agency to delay the orbiter's final flight by at least a day. Experts at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the home of the space shuttles, say that a new le... |
29 October 2010
11:14 GMT |
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Officials at the Russian Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) announce that a new unmanned cargo space capsule has just taken off for the International Space Station (ISS) for Kazakhstan. The Progress 40 spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in the Kazakh steppes, and its is taking vital supplies, experimen... |
28 October 2010
03:28 GMT |
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After dealing with a small glitch that occurred aboard the space shuttle Discovery, NASA mission controllers say that the launch date for the STS-133 mission has finally been established. Discovery will be able to keep its original schedule, and will therefore take-off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center ... |
26 October 2010
04:55 GMT |
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NASA officials say that the space shuttle Discovery, which is due to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in early November, is currently experiencing a minor fuel leak. The spacecraft is currently installed at the Launch Pad 39A facility, which is located at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. It is ... |
19 October 2010
02:57 GMT |
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Throughout this week, the NASA Kennedy Space Center has been host to the cast, crew and props of the new installment in the Transformer franchise, called The Dark of Moon.Reporters and other media representatives that visited the KSC this Thursday got a chance to see the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, in truc... |
8 October 2010
10:51 GMT |
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A new species of sea slug was discovered in Carpinteria State Park, California, by Jeff Goddard, a project scientists at the Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara.This new discovery also proves that people should be more careful and more observing of what lives around them, as you never know what you may find,... |
23 September 2010
09:47 GMT |
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Last night, at 7:23 pm EDT (2323 GMT), the space shuttle Discovery began its final rollout ever planned, from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Launch Pad 39 A at the Kennedy Space Center.More than 700 workers from the center were sent invitations to bring their families along, to celebrate the last time this orbi... |
21 September 2010
02:25 GMT |
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Officials at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, announce that the space shuttle Discovery will make its finally rollout journey to the seaside Launch Pad 39A. After about three decades of continuous service, the orbiter fleet is being retired, and this is to be Discovery's last voyage to... |
20 September 2010
09:50 GMT |
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Officials at NASA announce that engineers at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) have affixed the space shuttle Discovery to its external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters (SRB).The maneuver was performed in anticipation of the orbiter's launch to the International Space Station (ISS), where it is due to deliv... |
14 September 2010
02:17 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they have delayed the rollout of shuttle Discovery by at least a day, due to a glitch in the space facility's water main.The glitch will most likely not affect the long-term schedule of the shuttle, but has made engineering teams at the Kennedy Space Center (K... |
9 September 2010
03:08 GMT |
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NASA and music passionate can create – if talented, or simply pick up the wake-up songs for the astronauts that will be flying on the last two space shuttle missions. This “American Idol” of space has a website that was opened on Friday, where people can choose from a list of 40 previously played s... |
21 August 2010
04:07 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that they have just finished packing their advanced Robonaut 2 machine into its cargo container, and that the robotic astronaut is currently ready to fly in space. The instrument, which is eventually destined to help astronauts carry out complex extravehicular activitie... |
14 August 2010
03:34 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the Robonaut 2 machine is now packed inside its special frame, awaiting delivery to the International Space Station (ISS). It is scheduled to fly to the outpost aboard space shuttle Discovery, during the STS-133 mission.Reaching low-Earth orbit is never easy for as... |
11 August 2010
02:43 GMT |
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Robonaut 2 is a next-generation robotic explorer that has been constructed specifically to work in space, alongside real astronauts. Its mission will be to assist its human colleagues during spacewalks, by grabbing hold and keeping tool bags and other instruments. A prototype of the instrument is already functional, ... |
2 August 2010
09:33 GMT |
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Archaeologists found in a Swiss cave, a jaw fragment belonging to an ancient dog. After radiocarbon-dating it they concluded that it is over 14,000 years old and that it might be the earliest dog ever known.Establishing when the first fully-domesticated wolf became a dog is a rather sensitive subject among researcher... |
24 July 2010
06:50 GMT |
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As most of you must know by now, the Space Shuttle Program, operated by the American space agency, is due to be terminated at the end of this year. The decision was taken because numerous experts have expressed concerns as to whether the aging orbiters are suited for flight or not. But NASA officials are currently lo... |
23 June 2010
06:37 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the robotic astronauts they have been developing in cooperation with experts at General Motors is currently undergoing extensive testing. The machine is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) this September, aboard the space shuttle Discovery, du... |
15 April 2010
08:45 GMT |
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On Tuesday, while conducting the last spacewalk of the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), two astronauts noticed that one of the valves in a newly-installed ammonia tank was jammed. The malfunction is fairly serious, given the fact that the ammonia tank contains the coolant for the orbital faci... |
15 April 2010
03:23 GMT |
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Earlier today, two STS-131 mission specialists stepped out of the International Space Station's (ISS) Quest airlock, to conduct the third and final spacewalk in their schedule. NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson each performed the sixth extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of their careers, and they... |
13 April 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Yesterday, two astronauts from aboard the space shuttle Discovery conducted a very difficult and long spacewalk on the outside of the International Space Station. The 7-and-a-half-hour excursion was made more complicated than initially expected by a jammed bolt, which prevented a massive ammonia tank from being move... |
12 April 2010
02:45 GMT |
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The space shuttle will apparently be spending two full weeks in orbit, rather than 13 days, as it's usually the case. Experts at NASA Mission Control decided to extend this time frame in order to allow the seven-astronaut crew on the orbiter more time to use the orbital facility's main antenna for relaying ... |
10 April 2010
04:00 GMT |
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After more than 6 and a half hours of working outside of the International Space Station (ISS), two NASA astronauts managed to successfully complete the chores they were entrusted with. Now, back inside the orbital facility, shuttle mission specialists Rick Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson boast having moved a new, m... |
9 April 2010
09:48 GMT |
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Early this morning, April 8, the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo was delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). The cargo module was attached to the NASA-built Harmony utility module at around 12:24 am EDT (04:24 GMT), after being removed from space shuttle Discovery's payload bay. The va... |
8 April 2010
04:48 GMT |
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At 3:44 am EDT (07:44 GMT) this morning, April 7, the space shuttle Discovery docked to the American berth of the International Space Station (ISS). The intricate maneuver was carried out flawlessly, and therefore the total number of astronauts currently in orbit reached 13 yet again. This flight is special because i... |
7 April 2010
07:00 GMT |
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As per schedule, the seven-astronaut crew aboard the shuttle Discovery conducted today the mandatory heat shield inspection of their spacecraft. They used a sensor-laden pole to take pictures of the underside of the ship, both of its bellies and the lower part of the wings, and then attempted to broadcast the dataset... |
6 April 2010
10:18 GMT |
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NASA is proud to announce that it managed to successfully launch the space shuttle Discovery in one of the last few missions of the Shuttle Program. The spacecraft took off early on Monday morning from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The seven astronauts onboard separated... |
6 April 2010
02:31 GMT |
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A few days ago, as engineers at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, were conducting tests on space shuttle Discovery, they noticed some problems with a number of valves, which appeared unable to close when commanded to do so. Manual overrides did the job, and so the team set out to investigate... |
27 March 2010
07:05 GMT |
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This year's NASA flight manifest has the space shuttle Discovery flying to the International Space Station (ISS) at the beginning of next month, on April 5. But engineers at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, say that this date may be pushed back by a while, as they have discovered a leaky helium valve aboard... |
17 March 2010
03:12 GMT |
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Under the new guidelines set forth by the White House and President Barack Obama, the American space agency only has four shuttle flights remaining before it needs to decommission its shuttle fleet. There were a total of five missions planned for this year, but Endeavor has already completed the STS-130 flight succes... |
8 March 2010
03:49 GMT |
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Early this morning, the American space agency NASA rolled out its space shuttle Discovery from its hangar to the launch pad, in a maneuver that took some 6 hours to complete. Though this was supposed to take place a number of days ago, it didn't happen because the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) was battered by a wav... |
3 March 2010
08:58 GMT |
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With Facebook at 400 million users and MySpace bleeding more each month, it has been clear for a while now that the social networking wars are over. But don't cast off MySpace for dead just yet, there may be some life in it left, or at least that's what News Corp. is hoping. For the past few months, there h... |
22 February 2010
11:00 GMT |
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More than 10 years in the making, the massive project that is the International Space Station is now more than 98 percent complete. With the addition of the new Tranquility module, and the seven-windowed Cupola observations deck, NASA has flown its last great piece of equipment on the orbital lab. With Endeavor landi... |
22 February 2010
10:57 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have recently announced that they have delayed the official launch date for space shuttle Discovery. Under the new and revised launch manifest, the shuttle would not take off any earlier than April 5. The reason for this is that unusually cold w... |
17 February 2010
05:44 GMT |
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The American space agency made public its plans to retire the space shuttles from active duty some time ago. Since then, the idea has been both criticized and praised by officials from NASA, the federal government, the media and space analysts. At the time of this article, the agency remains bent on retiring its thre... |
30 December 2009
10:15 GMT |
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There hasn't been an official organization dedicated to game spoilers, but the ESRB is doing the best job it can. Some of the things it spoils are in our advantage, while others are a real kick in the shin. Every time a new game enters the initial stages of production, it gets registered with the ESRB and pretty... |
11 November 2009
16:31 GMT |
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When analyzing the risks associated with spaceflight, the landing and taking-off of a spacecraft are the essential moments. All the things that can go wrong at a launch will do so, and it's the job of engineers to ensure that the crews are safe. However, the landing sequence is highly complex, and arguably the m... |
28 September 2009
05:31 GMT |
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About a month ago, out the door of the Entertainment Software Rating Board came word about a DS release for the stealth-action game Assassin's Creed II. Yesterday, the game got the official green light from Ubisoft, along with a launch date of November 17. The game, entitled Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, ... |
25 September 2009
04:35 GMT |
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US Department of Energy (DOE) Ames Laboratory senior metallurgist Rohit Trivedi now has all the reasons in the world to be filled with joy. His crystal-growth experiment, which he first dreamed of more than a decade ago, is finally aboard the International Space Station (ISS), in a microgravity environment. The DECLI... |
22 September 2009
05:36 GMT |
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After about two days spent on route, during which it flew across the continental United States, the space shuttle Discovery finally reached its home port at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:05 pm EDT (1605 GMT) on Monday, September 21st. It was delivered by its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA... |
22 September 2009
04:01 GMT |
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After its landing in California on September 12th, the space shuttle Discovery remained there until last week, undergoing preparations for its return flight to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The spacecraft was forced to land at the Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, because significant thunders... |
21 September 2009
03:55 GMT |
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It would seem that NASA's latest missions to the ISS and the Hubble Space Telescope were plagued by bad luck, as far as sticking to their landing/take-off schedules was concerned. The STS-128 flight to the International Space Station, carried out with space shuttle Discovery, was no different. After delays in it... |
14 September 2009
02:32 GMT |
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Despite having not one, but two landing windows yesterday, the space shuttle Discovery was unable to take advantage of any of them, as stormy clouds and thunderstorms loomed over the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA officials, the seven-member crew aboard the spacecraft have another... |
11 September 2009
01:16 GMT |
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The STS-128 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to conclude today, with the planned landing of space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. There are two landing windows for the spacecraft, one at 7:05 pm EDT (2305 GMT), and another at 8:42 pm EDT (0... |
10 September 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Discovery have just finished their first spacewalk of the STS-128 assembly mission. A massive tank, moored to the orbital outpost, was removed from the station, while other crew members inside unpacked and installed the new Combined Operati... |
2 September 2009
04:07 GMT |
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