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Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 16, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...

Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins Today

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At today's launch countdown status briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. ...

TRMM satellite mapped 'Ida the Low's' rainfall from space (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as "TRMM" has the ability to measure rainfall from space, and assessed the heavy rainfall from last week's coastal low pressure area, formerly known ...

NASA 'Drops' Next Generation Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 16, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (10) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has successfully completed a series of autonomous "drop" tests of a robotic lander test article - in a record 10 months - to demonstrate the ability to perform a controlled landing on ...

Former Ida a huge rainmaker, causing flooding in the Mid-Atlantic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The coastal low, formerly known as Ida, is currently quasi-stationary off the North Carolina coast, adding more rain on top of what it has already brought. The low is creating serious flooding from northeast ...

Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 27, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an 11-day flight that resupplied the International Space Station.

Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA

Technology / Other

Nov 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around ...

Astronauts board space shuttle Atlantis for launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Astronauts climbed aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for an afternoon liftoff to the space station, as the sky over the launching site gradually cleared.

Satellite imagery confirms Ida's low is finally moving away from the east coast

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Satellite imagery and weather ground station readings today along the Mid-Atlantic indicate "Ida the coastal low pressure area" is finally moving away from the U.S. east coast.

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