News tagged with launch

Calif. space tourism firm launches S. Korea deal

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A California company developing a rocket plane for space tourism announced Thursday that it has an agreement with a nonprofit group in South Korea to conduct launches in that nation.

GOES-14 (O) moving into on-orbit storage around the Earth

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

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14, is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to duty.

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.

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

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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 ...

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.

Discovery Set for Aug. 25 Launch

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Flight Readiness Review for space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission has concluded, setting the launch date for Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 1:36 a.m. EDT.

SKorea delays rocket launch minutes before blast-off

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Aug 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical fault.

Space shuttle Endeavour arrives at space station

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Jul 17, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the international space station.

Thunderstorms cause 5th delay for space shuttle

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Jul 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission.

NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape

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Jul 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will ...

NASA: Nicks on shuttle don't appear to be serious

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 2

(AP) -- The Atlantis astronauts uncovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks on their space shuttle Tuesday, but NASA said the damage did not appear to be serious.

Shuttle Atlantis blasts off on last Hubble mission

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May 11, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift ...

Obama administration to review NASA program, sources say

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May 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 6

In a major turnaround, the Obama administration intends this week to order a review of the spacecraft program that NASA had hoped would one day replace the space shuttle, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.

Rescue shuttle moved to launch pad just in case

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Apr 17, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (7) | 1

(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour is on a launch pad, ready to rocket off on a rescue mission if shuttle Atlantis needs help when it flies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope next month.