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Atlantis Lands At Edwards AFB
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) May 29, 2009 - Team Edwards welcomed home space shuttle Atlantis and its crew May 24 after completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Space station crew doubles to six for first time
Moscow (AFP) May 29, 2009 - Three new astronauts boarded the International Space Station (ISS) Friday from a Russian space capsule, doubling its permanent crew to six for the first time in its history.
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NASA Updates Shuttle Endeavour’s Move To Launch Pad
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 29, 2009 - Space shuttle Endeavour now is planned to be moved from Launch Pad 39B to 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Sunday, May 31, weather permitting. Endeavour is targeted to lift off June 13 on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA Flies Experimental Probes In ‘Wind Tunnel In The Sky’
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 29, 2009 - NASA has successfully launched two hypersonic experiments as secondary payloads atop a NASA-built Terrier-Orion two-stage research sounding rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va., at 9:52 a.m. PDT.
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ISS To Welcome First Full Crew
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 29, 2009 - Space mission 20, dubbed increment, which will be known as expedition 21 after the Soyuz TMA-15 docks with the ISS, has particular historical significance for space exploration.
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Bad weather may up-end shuttle launch plans: NASA
Washington (AFP) May 28, 2009 - Stormy Florida weather may push back the launch of the shuttle Endeavour from mid-June to mid-July, NASA said Thursday, as Mother Nature continued to wreak havoc with the US space program's scheduling.
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Ares To Be Tested For Stability Before Launch
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 28, 2009 - The first flight test of NASA's new rocket configuration to carry astronauts into space will take place later this year. Ares I-X consists of a four-segment first stage solid rocket motor, and a simulated upper stage that represents the weight and shape of the Ares I rocket and Orion crew vehicle.
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The Phantom Torso Returns
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 28, 2009 - He's an armless, legless, human-shaped torso, a mannequin that looks like he's wrapped in a mummy's bandages. Scientists at the European Space Agency call him Matroshka, and like his NASA counterpart Fred, this mannequin is an intrepid space traveler. Now that he's spent four months on the International Space Station, scientists are learning about the space radiation that Matroshka endured.
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Crew Prepares For Spacewalk, Arrival Of Soyuz
Houston TX (SPX) May 27, 2009 - Aboard the International Space Station Tuesday, the Expedition 19 crew prepared for its upcoming spacewalk and awaited the arrival of three additional crew members later this week. The space travelers also continued their regular science and maintenance activities.
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Astronauts blast off to double space station crew
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) May 27, 2009 - Three astronauts, from Canada, Belgium and Russia, blasted off Wednesday for the International Space Station in a landmark mission that will double its crew to six for the first time.
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Astronauts to blast off to expanded space station
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) May 26, 2009 - A Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian blast off for the International Space Station on Wednesday as Russia steps up its rocket launches to support a doubling of the station's crew.
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ILS To Launch Second SkyTerra Satellite
Reston CA (SPX) May 25, 2009 - International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that it will launch the SkyTerra 2 satellite. This is the second of two satellite launches that ILS has been awarded from SkyTerra, following the selection of ILS in May 2007 to launch SkyTerra 1 on an ILS Proton launch vehicle.
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Atlantis lands in California after successful Hubble fix
Edwards Air Force Base, California (AFP) May 24, 2009 - The space shuttle Atlantis made a picture perfect landing in Calfornia Sunday, nearly two days behind schedule at the end of a successful mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble telescope.
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Obama picks first African American to lead NASA
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2009 - President Barack Obama has picked Charles Bolden as NASA chief, the White House announced Saturday, moving to make him the first African American and only the second ex-astronaut to lead the agency.
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NASA pushed back shuttle landing to Sunday
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 23, 2009 - NASA gave up on plans to land the space shuttle Atlantis here on Saturday with thick cloud cover at Cape Canaveral, and said it would try to bring the craft down to Earth on Sunday.
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Obama names first African American to lead NASA
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2009 - President Barack Obama has named Charles Bolden as NASA administrator, the White House announced Saturday, making him the first African American and only the second ex-astronaut to lead the agency.