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Cool spacedust survey goes into orbit

harminka — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:04:09 -0600

University of Nottingham astronomers will be studying icy cosmic dust millions of light years away — using the biggest space telescope ever built.

Double Star TC-1 completes its mission

harminka — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:34:29 -0500

TC-1, one of the two satellites of the CNSA/ESA Double Star mission, was decommissioned on 14 October as its designed orbit lifetime came to an end. The satellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and turned to dust during its descent.

Peggy Whitson To Lead ISS Mission

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:13:46 -0500

Peggy Whitson will be the first woman astronaut to lead International Space Station mission. The mission is scheduled for October.

Is There Life On Mars?

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:47:14 -0500

NASA will launch Phoenix spacecraft in August to uncover Mars’s mystery. Astronauts will dig planet’s surface hoping to find underground ice.

NASA Delays Asteroid Mission

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:42:16 -0500

Dawn’s asteroid mission to Vesta and Ceres is delayed. The spacecraft launch now is scheduled for September.

NASA Plans Asteroid Mission

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:32:39 -0500

NASA plans to launch a mission to the two asteroids that are between Mars and Jupiter this Sunday.

Weather May Delay Atlantis' Landing

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:31:21 -0500

Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts are scheduled to be back home on Thursday, but forecasters predict bad weather so the landing maybe delayed.

Atlantis May Be Back On Tuesday

ruzik_tuzik — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:37:14 -0500

Atlantis astronauts have successfully installed solar arrays, they have repaired the Russian computer, and now they are coming back to the earth, hopefully.

Atlantis' Mission Delayed

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:49:30 -0500

Initially Atlantis' Mission was scheduled for eleven days, but two more days were added, because astronauts needed spacewalks.

Astronauts Successfully Unfurled Solar Arrays

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:41:31 -0500

While Atlantis were unfurling two new solar arrays at international space station, a Russian navigation computer hang up and caused a mass of problems to the crew.

Atlantis Took Astronauts To The Space

ruzik_tuzik — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:27:30 -0500

Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched on Friday at 7:38 p.m. Eastern time to continue the building of International Space Station. Its flame brightened clear evening sky and left dense columns of smoke.

NASA Resolved Atlantis Fuel Tank Problem

ruzik_tuzik — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:51:41 -0500

NASA resolved problems of the lines connecting external fuel tank to Atlantis on Wednesday. Now the first space shuttle is getting ready for the launch on Friday at 6:38 p.m. CDT. Forecasters predicted 70 percent probability of good weather.