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Second STS-120 spacewalk underway Sunday 10.28.2007 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 29 October 2007
U.S. astronauts Scott Parazynski and Dan Tani are conducting their approximate 6 hour, 40 minute excursion outside the space station to disconnect a truss, move a solar array, and install handrails.         
 
Comet 71P/Holmes brightens a million times: See it in your local night sky PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 28 October 2007
The Comet 71P/Holmes suddenly became visible to the naked eye over the week of October 22, 2007. It can be easily seen high in the northeastern sky after sunset, within the constellation Perseus.       
 
2007 Wirefly X PRIZE Cup: "Earth's Great Space Exposition" PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 October 2007
Wirefly.com, along with the X PRIZE Foundation, and the state of New Mexico, is sponsoring the annual event, which is being held on October 26-28, 2007, in order to promote innovation of space technology in the private sector.      
 
Couple drinks a day like breath of fresh air PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 October 2007
California researchers state that light to moderate drinkers are least likely to have cardiovascular or respiratory illnesses.    
 
NASA EVAers in harmony with first STS-120 space walk PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 27 October 2007
On flight day 4, two astronauts from the STS-120 crew are conducting the first of five spacewalks on Friday, October 26, 2007, to install the Harmony module on the International Space Station.        
 
Watch STS-120/Discovery and Space Station fly overhead PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 October 2007
Skywatchers here on Earth will be able to see the STS-120 space shuttle and the space station fly overhead in the night sky.  Find out when you will be able to see this pair of space bodies.
 
Full Moon is really BIG and BRIGHT in October PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 October 2007
On Thursday night, October 25, and into Friday morning, October 26, 2007, the Moon will be visually much larger and brighter than usual.      
 
China launches first big step to Moon, Chang’e 1 PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
At 1005 GMT (6:05 a.m. EDT) Wednesday, October 24, 2007, the Chinese successfully launched its Chang’e 1 spacecraft, an unmanned orbital lunar probe.         
 
Discovery and STS-120 mission launches on-time to space station PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
Despite some troubling weather around the launch site in Florida and some ice formation on the external tank, NASA’s space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member STS-120 crew lifted off from launch pad 39A on October 23, 2007.              
 
APOLLO measures Moon distance to 1 millimeter; also helps with gravity PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO) instrument has measured the distance to the Moon to an accuracy of one millimeter. Such accuracies will also help with measurements involving the force of gravity.
 
STS-120 mission to launch: 11:38:20 EDT (15:38:20 GMT) PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
The NASA mission STS-120 with its seven-person Discovery crew is proceeding smoothly on October 23, 2007, for its liftoff at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and its assembly mission at the Space Station. Only weather is a concern.       
 
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