News tagged with solar wings

Shuttle lands in Florida, ending 13-day voyage

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Mar 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

(AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra ...

Shuttle Discovery on track for afternoon landing

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Mar 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven aimed for a Saturday afternoon touchdown at NASA's spaceport to wrap up a successful space station construction mission.

Final in-orbit shuttle inspection complete

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Mar 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery conducted a final inspection of the vehicle Thursday and at first glance found no significant damage which would prevent it from returning to Earth.

Astronauts complete 3rd and final spacewalk

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Mar 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Two astronauts who were teaching math and science to middle school students just five years ago went on a spacewalk together Monday, their path cleared of dangerous orbiting junk that had threatened ...

Astronauts go on 2nd spacewalk at space station

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Mar 21, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 0

(AP) -- Astronauts took another spacewalk at the international space station Saturday, this time to lighten the workload for future crews.

Space station's new solar wings open easily (Update 2)

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Mar 20, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Astronauts successfully unfurled the newly installed solar wings at the international space station Friday, a nerve-racking procedure that went exceedingly well and brought the orbiting outpost to ...

Astronauts successfully install solar wings (Update)

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Mar 19, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts installed the last set of solar wings at the international space station Thursday, accomplishing the top job of shuttle Discovery's mission. Steven Swanson and Richard Arnold ...

Shuttle, station crews begin girder work

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Mar 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station began their high-priority girder work Wednesday, a two-day job that will culminate with the installation of two new solar wings at ...

NASA fuels Discovery for mission to space station

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Mar 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Aiming for a Sunday evening launch, NASA began fueling space shuttle Discovery again in hopes repairs took care of a dangerous leak.

NASA shooting for Sunday shuttle Discovery launch

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Mar 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- NASA is replacing some space shuttle connections in hopes of plugging a gas leak and launching Discovery to the international space station on Sunday, after delays of more than a month.

NASA fuels Discovery for flight to space station

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Mar 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery for a night flight to the international space station Wednesday, following a month's delay to make sure the ship's valves are just right.