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STS-128 Crew Prepares For Launch
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 21, 2009 - Space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts flew to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final prelaunch preparations Wednesday evening.
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Ariane 5 Launches JCSAT-12 And Optus D3
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 21, 2009 - Arianespace reinforced its position as the world's commercial launch services provider of choice with the fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2009, which orbited two Asia-Pacific telecommunications satellites tonight (August 21) on the 32nd consecutive mission success of this workhorse vehicle.
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Food Vital During Long Space Flights
Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 20, 2009 - A new study in the Journal of Food Science explores the impact of space flight on the nutritional value of foods. Maintaining the health of the crew aboard a spacecraft is a critical issue especially during extended trips. Because foods may lose their nutrients during extended space missions, food scientists are analyzing ways to increase shelf life of nutrients in the food.
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Ariane rocket to hoist satellites for Japan, Australia
Paris (AFP) Aug 20, 2009 - An Ariane 5 rocket is set to propel two communications satellites into space Friday, one for Japanese telecom operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and second for Australian operator Optus.
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Software caused postponement of first SKorean rocket launch
Seoul (AFP) Aug 20, 2009 - Officials Thursday blamed a computer software problem for the postponement of South Korea's first space rocket launch just minutes before the eagerly-awaited blast-off.
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Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy Opens
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Aug 20, 2009 - A new aerospace-themed middle school created through a partnership between the Space Foundation and Colorado Springs School District 11 (D-11) has opened with more than 500 students, 42 teachers, and onsite support from the Space Foundation.
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Discovery Set For August 25 Launch
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 20, 2009 - 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.
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Ariane To Launch JCSAT-12 And Optus D3 Friday
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 20, 2009 - Arianespace's fourth heavy-lift flight of 2009 has been authorized for its August 21 liftoff following the launch readiness review (August 19) at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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SKorea delays rocket launch minutes before blast-off
Seoul (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 - South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to a technical fault.
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NASA To Use Lackland As Stopover
Lackland AFB TX (SPX) Aug 19, 2009 - Team Lackland will once again support the NASA Space Program by allowing the space shuttle to stopover here while on its trek home to Cape Canaveral at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Space Systems/Loral Delivers Telesat’s Nimiq 5 Satellite To Launch Base
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 19, 2009 - Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it delivered a communications satellite built for Telesat, one of the world's leading fixed satellite services operators, to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch on September 18th aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
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SKorea postpones rocket launch minutes before blast-off
Seoul (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 - South Korea Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket just eight minutes before the scheduled blast-off, due to an unspecified technical fault.
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Tight budget quashes US space ambitions: panel
Washington (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 - US ambitions for manned space exploration have hit a major hurdle in the wake of severe budget constraints, according to preliminary findings of a panel appointed by President Barack Obama.
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Space shuttle Discovery cleared for lift-off
Washington (AFP) Aug 19, 2009 - The space shuttle Discovery will blast off next Tuesday on a mission to the International Space Station, NASA said, clearing the launch after days of debate over safety issues.
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Astronauts Test Use Of Nutritional Supplements In Space
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 19, 2009 - After nearly four years of joint research of Houston-based AmeriSciences and NASA / Johnson Space Center (JSC), a senior NASA medical officer has confirmed that two of the resulting nutritional supplement formulas were used and tested in space by the astronauts of mission STS-125 of May 11, 2009 and the mission STS-127 of July 15, 2009 and are now in use and testing aboard the International Space Station.
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ESA’s Swedish Astronaut To Return To The ISS
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 19, 2009 - The launch date for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station with Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled for no earlier than Monday 24 August. The crew of seven includes ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang of Sweden, on his second spaceflight, a mission dubbed Alisse.