NASA gets new countdown clock just in time
NASA has a new state-of-the-art space capsule on the launch pad and a new high-tech countdown clock to go with it.
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News tagged with countdown
Countdown starts for UA-led asteroid mission
(Phys.org) —With OSIRIS-REx, the first spacecraft destined to return a sample from a primitive asteroid, still taking shape, the mission's University of Arizona-led team started the official countdown clock on Monday at ...
Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2013
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Japan suspends satellite rocket launch at last minute (Update)
Japan suspended the launch of its next-generation solid-fuel rocket on Tuesday just seconds before lift-off after engineers discovered a technical glitch.
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2013
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Arianespace launches satellite from French Guinea
(AP)—A Russian-made rocket has put an observation satellite into orbit after blasting off from a European space consortium's launchpad in French Guiana.
Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2012
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Skydiver aims for supersonic plunge on Oct. 8
(AP)—The countdown is on for skydiver Felix Baumgartner. In just two weeks, the Austrian parachutist will attempt to go supersonic when he jumps from a record altitude of 23 miles (37 kilometers) over the U.S.
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2012
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NASA launch of twin science satellites delayed
(AP)—NASA has delayed the launch of its newest science satellites.
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2012
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Tiny 'Firefly' Satellite set to flash straight into lightning and thunderstorms
(Phys.org) -- Imagine a fully-instrumented satellite the size of a half-gallon milk carton.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2012
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Microsoft counting down to the end of Windows XP
Microsoft is counting down the days until it is through with the Windows XP operating system for personal computers.
Software
Apr 11, 2012
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Wind delays NASA launch of twin moon spacecraft (Update)
(AP) -- High wind forced NASA on Thursday to delay the launch of twin spacecraft destined for the moon, the first mission dedicated to measuring lunar gravity.
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2011
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MILA tracks its last launch and landing
(PhysOrg.com) -- With its beginnings rooted deeply in the historic days of Apollo, the MILA Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station has played a key role throughout the 30 years of the Space Shuttle Program. But just ...
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2011
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