News tagged with space center
NASA Completes Assembly of Ares I-X Test Rocket
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Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module ...
Space panel considers alternatives to NASA's plan for moon base
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Jul 31, 2009 |
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A presidential space panel on Thursday challenged NASA's vision of establishing a base on the moon and instead weighed other ambitious options that include free-ranging spaceships that could visit destinations throughout ...
Shuttle Endeavour lands safe in Fla.
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Jul 31, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory arrives at Kennedy Space Center
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Jul 10, 2009 |
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NASA's upcoming mission to study the sun in unprecedented detail and its effects on Earth, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on July 9.
Obama administration to review NASA program, sources say
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May 06, 2009 |
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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.
Discovery to launch Wednesday as Florida braces for end of shuttle era
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Mar 10, 2009 |
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Shuttle Discovery is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, leaving only eight more scheduled missions before NASA retires the fleet in 2010 - and devastates the Space Coast ...
NASA to Set Official Shuttle Discovery Launch Date
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers are engaged in the executive-level Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, to evaluate Discovery’s readiness for launch.
Discovery Nears February Launch to Station
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Jan 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Discovery's installation to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters was completed Sunday afternoon.
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 ...
External Tank, Solid Rocket Boosters, Readied for Next Shuttle Launch
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Aug 06, 2008 |
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External tank ET-127 and the twin solid rocket boosters, which will fly with space shuttle Atlantis on the next shuttle mission, were joined Aug. 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The next processing ...
