News tagged with launch

Astronauts inspect space shuttle in case of damage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station.

Astronauts board space shuttle Atlantis for launch

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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.

Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins Today

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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. ...

Rocket with new module for space station blasts off

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Nov 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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.

Ariane 5 rocket places two satellites into orbit (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 30, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer ...

SMOS and Proba-2 satellites installed in launch tower

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Oct 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In readiness for launch on 2 November, ESA’s SMOS and Proba-2 satellites - encapsulated in the launcher fairing - have been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower ...

NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.

FASTSAT instruments shipped for tests and launch preparation

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Three of the satellite instruments that will fly on an upcoming satellite mission called "FASTSAT" have been created at one NASA center and have arrived at another for more tests to ensure they are flight ...

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 25, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 5

NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...

GOES-P satellite preparing for launch in March 2010

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 16, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Just two months after the successful launch of the GOES-O spacecraft, now called GOES-14 in orbit, the NASA team removed the GOES-P spacecraft from storage and commenced its post storage testing. GOES-P is ...

Light-Duty Day for ISS Crew, Expedition 21 to Launch Wednesday Morning

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 29, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Expedition 20 crew members had a light-duty work day and performed a variety of maintenance and science-related tasks Monday as they prepare for a busy week aboard the International Space ...

Rocket readied at Kazakh steppe for ISS mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 28, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Workers at Russia's manned space-launch facility lifted to the launch pad on Monday a rocket that is to send Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two astronauts to the International Space Station.

India launches seven satellites: space agency

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Sep 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

India successfully launched seven satellites including six from foreign countries on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the country's ambitions in the space business.

NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights

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Sep 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- NASA says it successfully launched a rocket in Virginia as part of an experiment, and the blast may have caused dozens of people to report seeing strange lights in the sky.