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GLAST mission operations at NASA Goddard powered up
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Jul 02, 2008 |
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Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite.
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NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Baked and Ready for More Tests
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Sep 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's planet-hunting Kepler mission, scheduled to launch in 2009, has survived an extreme temperature test.
New Target Shuttle Launch Dates Announced as Astronauts Complete Rehearsal
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Sep 24, 2008 |
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The target launch date for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been reset to Oct. 14 at 10:19 p.m. EDT. A news conference is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 3, at NASA's ...
Let the Planet Hunt Begin
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May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds. The mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 6, will spend the next three-and-a-half years staring ...
NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on May 11
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Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Thursday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight and selected an official launch date for the STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
NASA Mission Gets Closer to Solving Magnetic Reconnection Mystery (w/ Videos)
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Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is designing a mission to investigate one of the most fundamental and explosive physical processes in the universe - magnetic reconnection. Known as the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) ...
NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight
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Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight.
NASA launches LCROSS Lunar Impactor
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Jun 19, 2009 |
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NASA launched its first moon shot in a decade Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come.
NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Ready to Ship to Florida
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers are getting ready to pack NASA's Kepler spacecraft into a container and ship it off to its launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission, scheduled to launch ...
Stardust Logs A Decade Under The Stars
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Saturday, Feb. 7, marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of NASA's well-traveled Stardust spacecraft.
Ulysses space mission to end
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve 'end of mission' on 30 June 2009. The final communication pass with a ...
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