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Yesterday, the space shuttle Endeavour rolled out of the hangar and was taken to the vehicle assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where a fuel tank and the booster rockets were mounted on it, in preparation for the next mission, scheduled on August 7.Endeavour, one of the original five spaceships i... |
3 July 2007
02:50 GMT |
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Space shuttle Atlantis started the voyage home, at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, from the secondary landing site at Edwards Air Force Base, California, atop a modified 747 carrier aircraft. The shuttle was mounted on its back and left from the Mojave Desert air base at 6:05 a.m. PDT, according to Alan Brown,... |
2 July 2007
05:49 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely back on Earth, at Edwards Air Force Base in California, after a two week mission during which it delivered new solar power wings and a fresh crew member to the International Space Station."Welcome back and congratulations on a great mission," said NASA mission control to the ... |
23 June 2007
04:39 GMT |
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Orion is a spacecraft design currently being developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Each spacecraft of this type will be able to carry a crew of four to six astronauts and will be launched by the new Ares I launch vehicle. It is part of Project Constellation, the pride of NASA's ... |
21 June 2007
12:57 GMT |
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Yesterday, the space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station and began the journey home, after delivering to the ISS new solar power wings and a fresh crew member. The problem is that, for now, thunderstorms and low clouds are threatening to prevent it from landing.The shuttle already missed t... |
21 June 2007
11:07 GMT |
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After all six main control computers on the Russian side of the ISS shut down at the same time, leaving the space station almost "dead in the water," NASA is considering the options of a general evacuation in case of emergency.A malfunction caused the shutdown of two key computers that control navigation and oxygen p... |
16 June 2007
04:45 GMT |
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Vacation is finally over for the US space program and on Friday, the space shuttle Atlantis took off at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT), with seven crew members aboard, from its seaside launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.It's the first space shuttle flight of 2007 and puts the space program back on trac... |
9 June 2007
04:49 GMT |
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It's sometimes funny to see the ultra high-tech in the computer world these days being mixed with things that traditionally belong somehow to the past. Namely, we're speaking vacuum tubes getting along with Windows Vista and HDMI connectivity. Now, I know this could sound rather weird (and it is weird, inde... |
8 June 2007
03:02 GMT |
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Finally, after months of delays and technical problems, like the pierced fuel tank because of a freak hail storm, the space ship Atlantis is ready for launch, said NASA bosses. They hope for a June 8 launch and a successful mission to the international space station."We've just been focused on our training and ... |
4 June 2007
02:56 GMT |
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It might sound strange, but there are some scientists (not few) who propose building a space elevator to take people to space on a cable. That would eliminate the need for rockets, or at least today's spaceships.This would be the supreme high-rise project in the world. The concept of the space elevator is actual... |
28 May 2007
12:16 GMT |
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NASA tested a new reusable solid rocket motor last week at the Utah test facility. It was a full scale 2-minute test that would help the development of new engines for the next generation of space shuttles, possibly even the one that will carry the next human spacecraft to the moon.It was a static firing, the engine... |
28 May 2007
09:03 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis is the fourth operational shuttle built and one of the three fully operational shuttles remaining in the fleet. It took two and a half months to repair its external fuel tank and today it began the slow journey back to the launch pad.On June 8, the shuttle is programmed for a flight to the... |
15 May 2007
09:03 GMT |
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Anatoly Perminov, the head of Russia's space agency, declared that Russia proposed a joint effort to explore the moon together with the US friends, but the US surprisingly refused the sincere offer."We are ready to cooperate, but for some reasons the United States has announced that it will carry out the progr... |
1 May 2007
15:06 GMT |
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What can you do when there's nothing you can't afford buying? The latest trend is space tourism. It costs around $25 million, but at least you don't risk bumping into another billionaire at a fancy party, bragging that he's seen Earth from outer space!Space tourist and software "geek" Charles Sim... |
23 April 2007
09:52 GMT |
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One very popular concept in the United States is the CarPC, this type of hardware being a lot more practical than your car radio, even if it does have a retractable touch-screen. Having the possibility of storing thousands of pictures and melodies, being able to connect to the Internet through a wireless or satellite... |
22 March 2007
07:14 GMT |
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