News tagged with international space
Goddard Team Develops New Carriers for ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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In a partnership that exemplifies the One NASA theme, Goddard Space Flight Center engineers teamed up with the External Payloads Group at Johnson Space Center and the ISS Payload Ground Processing support ...
Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins Today
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(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. ...
Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Space station gets new research module
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered a Russian research module to the International Space Station.
Rocket with new module for space station blasts off
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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A Soyuz rocket carrying a new Russian-made module for the International Space Station blasted off on Tuesday from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, television pictures showed.
Atlantis 'Go' For Launch to Station on Nov. 16
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled ...
NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.
New from NASA, an iPhone application
Oct 23, 2009 |
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NASA is coming to the iPhone. The US space agency announced on Friday that it has created a free NASA application for the popular Apple smartphone and the iPod Touch.
Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (Update)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.
Cargo craft docks with space station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A cargo ship has delivered food, fuel, oxygen and other supplies to the International Space Station.
NASA Launches Tweetup for Space Shuttle Atlantis Liftoff in Florida
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, NASA Twitter followers are invited to view a space shuttle launch in person at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Circus founder calls his trip to space a success
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte on Tuesday called his 10-day space mission "a great success" because it drew attention to his efforts to guarantee access to clean water worldwide.
Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television ...
Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.
ISS Expedition 20 Prepares for Departure
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The nine residents of the International Space Station were busy with crew handover activities and science-related tasks Thursday as they prepared for the departure of the Expedition 20 crew ...
