Items Tagged With spacecraft
Historic return to planet Mercury set for January 14, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-11 12:59:42
The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is expected to pass within 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the planet Mercury on Monday, January 14, 2008. It is only the second spacecraft to fly near Mercury, and the first one in over thirty years.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-11 12:59:42
The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is expected to pass within 124 miles (200 kilometers) of the planet Mercury on Monday, January 14, 2008. It is only the second spacecraft to fly near Mercury, and the first one in over thirty years.
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NASA reports February 7 as new STS-122 liftoff
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-11 10:10:12
On Thursday, January 11th, NASA officials announced that the new "tentative" launch data for the STS-122 mission and the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis to be February 7, 2008, at 2:47 p.m. EST (1947 GMT).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-11 10:10:12
On Thursday, January 11th, NASA officials announced that the new "tentative" launch data for the STS-122 mission and the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis to be February 7, 2008, at 2:47 p.m. EST (1947 GMT).
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Historic Apollo footage discovered on “The Tennis Shoe Test”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-07 09:49:41
Authors Alan Lawrie and Robert Pearlman wrote on the CollectSpace.com website about an interesting day in 1966 for NASA engineers.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-07 09:49:41
Authors Alan Lawrie and Robert Pearlman wrote on the CollectSpace.com website about an interesting day in 1966 for NASA engineers.
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Fifty years ago U.S. begins to explore space: Explorer-1
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-06 10:57:39
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-06 10:57:39
The month of January 1958 was very busy for the pioneers that began space exploration for the United States. Satellite 1958 Alpha (commonly called Explorer-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida, on January 31, 1958--the beginning of the Space Age for the United States.
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NASA sets launch of STS-122 mission at January 24, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-03 20:57:03
On Thursday, January 3, 2008, NASA announced that the space agency can fix the fuel gauge problem and launch the space shuttle Atlantis by January 24, 2008, but expect that the complex work may delay the flight to early February.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-03 20:57:03
On Thursday, January 3, 2008, NASA announced that the space agency can fix the fuel gauge problem and launch the space shuttle Atlantis by January 24, 2008, but expect that the complex work may delay the flight to early February.
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Progress M-62 acts as Santa: brings gifts to space station crew
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-29 08:14:13
A Russian cargo ship, Progress M-62, docked at the Space Station on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, bringing supplies including Christmas and New Year gifts to the three crew members. They must have been good little boys and girls to get two tons of gifts.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-29 08:14:13
A Russian cargo ship, Progress M-62, docked at the Space Station on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, bringing supplies including Christmas and New Year gifts to the three crew members. They must have been good little boys and girls to get two tons of gifts.
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STS-122 delayed further as NASA removes faulty connector
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-28 08:31:29
Space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale announced Thursday, December 27, 2007, that NASA engineers will remove parts of a problematic fuel tank connector onboard Atlantis. Further delay to the STS-122 mission will occur.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-28 08:31:29
Space shuttle program manager Wayne Hale announced Thursday, December 27, 2007, that NASA engineers will remove parts of a problematic fuel tank connector onboard Atlantis. Further delay to the STS-122 mission will occur.
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Russia completes basic satellite system to rival U.S. GPS
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 16:36:36
On Tuesday, December 25, 2007, Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket that carried three satellites into orbit as part of its GLONASS (global navigation satellite system).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-27 16:36:36
On Tuesday, December 25, 2007, Russia successfully launched a Proton-M rocket that carried three satellites into orbit as part of its GLONASS (global navigation satellite system).
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NASA’s Mars Scout 2 is earthbound for two more years
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-23 08:14:29
NASA announced Friday, December 21, 2007, that the Scout spacecraft originally scheduled to head to Mars in 2011 will be delayed by two years because of a undisclosed conflict in the purchasing process.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-23 08:14:29
NASA announced Friday, December 21, 2007, that the Scout spacecraft originally scheduled to head to Mars in 2011 will be delayed by two years because of a undisclosed conflict in the purchasing process.
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Place your bets: Will asteroid hit Mars in January?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-21 09:21:28
According to NASA research scientists, an asteroid has a 1-in-75 chance of hitting the planet Mars on January 30, 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-21 09:21:28
According to NASA research scientists, an asteroid has a 1-in-75 chance of hitting the planet Mars on January 30, 2008.
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