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Endeavour launch postponed due to hydrogen leak

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The US space agency has postponed Saturday's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour due to a hydrogen leak -- in a setback for a mission aimed at completing the 100-billion-dollar International Space Station.

Astronaut balancing act: Training to help explorers adapt to a return to gravity

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Astronauts returning from challenging long-duration missions face one more challenge when they get back to Earth - standing up and walking.

Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 2

(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore.

Shuttle docks at space station, unloads parts (Update 2)

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Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost ...

Geeky 'tweeters' to report on space shuttle launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.

NASA on track for Monday space shuttle launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock up the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts.

Goddard Team Develops New Carriers for ISS

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

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 ...

Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 29, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (33) | 36

(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.

NASA Tests Load Limits for Ares I Rocket Main Parachute

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Oct 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers conducted a design limit load test of the Ares I rocket's main parachute Oct. 8 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. The Ares I is the first ...

New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Oct 07, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (21) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants ...

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