Hubble Servicing Mission Scheduled for October 8
	The mission originally targeted the flight to the Hubble Space Telescope at the end of August, but delays related to the time required to build the external liquid fuel tanks of the shuttle have now pushed the date to October 8. The crew of seven participating in the mission will fly on board NASA's Atlantis space shuttle, while another space shuttle will be prepared and ready on the launch pad in case Atlantis suffers a cri ... [read more >>]
	23 May 2008, 07:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Alien Life Is Definitely Out There, Astronauts Say
	The crew participating in the STS-123 mission, on board NASA's space shuttle Endeavor – which had the role of carrying the first section of JAXA's space laboratory Kibo along with the Canadian maintenance robot Dextre to the International Space Station – have recently participated in a news conference in Tokyo where they expressed their opinions regarding the possibility of life existing elsewhere except for Earth. & ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 08:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Soyuz Spacecraft Expected to Dock at Space Station
	On 8 March, a Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian astronauts and one South Korean astronaut was sent into space from the Baikonur launchpad in Kazakhstan. After two days of catching up with the ISS, the spacecraft is expected to dock at the International Space Station today at 9:00 a.m. EDT. The two Russian astronauts, commander Sergei Volkov and flight engineer Oleg Kononenko, will replace the crew of Expedition 16 on board th ... [read more >>]
	10 April 2008, 06:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Space Shuttle Lands Safely on Second Attempt
	After it had missed the first re-entry attempt due to cloudy weather, the space shuttle Endeavor landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 8:39 p.m. CDT, in complete darkness, thus ending the mission STS-123. Endeavor was supposed to land at 7:05 p.m. CDT, one hour before sunset; but in the last minute before beginning the re-entry procedure, clouds moved in above Florida. Mission control decided to delay the landing until ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2008, 09:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Endeavor Expected to Land Tonight
	After 16 days of intense work in space, the crew of mission STS-123 is expected to return to Earth today and land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During its 12 days stay at the ISS the space shuttle Endeavor broke yet another record in the build of the space station, with the longest mission ever conducted. The shuttle commanded by Dominic Gorie is scheduled to land at 7:05 p.m. EDT, thus completing the mission in which End ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2008, 10:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Look For Three Points of Light on the Sky Tonight
	Turn your eyes towards the sky once again tonight and observe a unique spectacle of lights, as the International Space Station, the Jules Verne ATV and the space shuttle Endeavor will be located in the same region of the night sky. The triple sighting will only be available on the night of March 25, since tomorrow the space shuttle Endeavor will depart with the ISS and re-enter the atmosphere to return to Earth. On Sunday, Endeavor has com ... [read more >>]
	25 March 2008, 11:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

STS-123 Mission Over, Endeavor to Return to Earth
	Yesterday the crew of mission STS-123 rested in the first half of the day, then began packing Endeavor for the re-entry and return to Earth, which is scheduled for Wednesday. The space shuttle is to undock from the International Space Station today at 7:56 p.m. ET, thus completing the longest mission in which a space shuttle was docked to the ISS. During the 12-day mission, the crew of Endeavor constructed the Canadian mainte ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Yes, Boomerangs Return Even in Space
	If you are asking yourself the same question that Yasuhiro Togai posed a couple of years ago, then you should probably know that the answer is 'Yes! Boomerangs can fly in space just as well as they do back here on Earth.' Yasuhiro Togai is a Japanese world boomerang champion, and just before the space shuttle Endeavor launched into space on March 11, Togai asked his compatriot astronaut Takao Doi to conduct an unprecedented exper ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 10:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Astronauts Test Heat Shield Repair Technique
	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 for the heat shield became obvious with the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia, during a re-entry maneuver in 2003 ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 09:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Endeavor Mission Update: Dextre Assembled
	After two days of continuous work, NASA states that the Canadian robot Dextre assembly has been completed. Dextre put out quite a fight on the first spacewalk, when it suffered a power loss which stopped the crew of STS-123 from putting it together. Without power, Dextre was unable to heat the joints of its body, fact that could have resulted in a potential malfunction. Yesterday, while part of the crew was preparing for the sche ... [read more >>]
	17 March 2008, 04:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Space Robot Dextre Suffers Power Loss
	Upon analyzing the possible object that could have stricken the space shuttle Endeavor during the liftoff on Tuesday, NASA engineers concluded that it could have only been a bird which actually missed the orbiter. The inspection of the Endeavor's thermal shield revealed no problems, thus it is clear for the re-entry scheduled for the 26th of March. Meanwhile, the first spacewalk of the total of five scheduled started with th ... [read more >>]
	14 March 2008, 07:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Unidentified Object May Have Hit Endeavor's Nose During Liftoff
	It has been a busy day for the crew of Endeavor, as the inspection of the shuttle's heat shield was completed today, and everything seems to be in order. While they still have a lot to do in preparation for tomorrow's rendezvous with the International Space Station, back here on Earth, NASA has got itself into some kind of a puzzle. Cameras monitoring the launch of the orbiter reveal that about 10 seconds after the ignition of th ... [read more >>]
	12 March 2008, 09:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Liftoff, Space Shuttle Endeavor
	No problems for the space shuttle Endeavor as it approached the final countdown. At 2:28 a.m. EDT, the shuttle ignited its engines, cleared the Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center and lifted off through Florida's cloudy sky, to engage in the pursuit of the International Space Station with which Endeavor mush meet up on the 13th of March. Just moments before the engines fired, commander Dominic Gorie said: "God's ... [read more >>]
	11 March 2008, 06:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dextre to Ride Along with Kibo
	Also to be delivered to the International Space Station will be the robot Dextre, a Canadian creation which will give the crew of the ISS the ability to make basic repairs and maintenance outside the station, without the need of conducting risky spacewalks. The Endeavor space shuttle will have the mammoth mission to carry the first section of the massive Kibo science laboratory, more precisely the Japanese Logics Pressurized (JLP) Module, ... [read more >>]
	08 March 2008, 04:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Kibo Loaded in Endeavor's Shuttle Bay. Ready for Launch
	The first section of the massive space laboratory Kibo has been loaded into the shuttle bay of the space shuttle in anticipation for the launch scheduled for Tuesday. JAXA's Kibo space laboratory consists of three sections, and once in space, it will be docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station. NASA meteorologists attribute a chance of 90 percent for launch to the attempt on Tuesday, as a result of the perfect w ... [read more >>]
	08 March 2008, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Endeavor Cleared for Liftoff
	The fifth and the final orbiter vehicle of NASA, Endeavor, was cleared yesterday for the liftoff which is scheduled to take place on March 11. It will be the second flight of the space shuttle Endeavor since the Columbia disaster in 2005, which disintegrated during its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. Endeavor has the mission of transporting JAXA's space module Kibo to the International Space Station. The liftoff will ... [read more >>]
	01 March 2008, 05:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia