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Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely after successful mission (Second lead, Changing dateline)

December 1st, 2008 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Dec 1 (RIA Novosti) The US space shuttle Endeavour has made a successful landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California after being forced to abandon plans to land in Florida, ...

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Space shuttle Endeavour returns home after successful mission

December 1st, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Dec 1 (ANI) NASAs space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California on November 30, after the successful completion of repair work at ...

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Endeavour astronauts prepare for Sunday landing

November 30th, 2008 - 8:41 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 30 (DPA) The seven astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour were to complete their mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with landing scheduled at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida ...

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Space shuttle Endeavour to return on November 30

November 29th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): The space shuttle Endeavour will complete its mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with a landing at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 30. ...

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NASA fixes glitches in space station urine recycler

November 26th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 26 (ANI): NASA has fixed the glitches in its new urine recycling system on the International Space Station (ISS), bolstering hopes it will be able to expand the research ...

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Endeavour astronauts finish final spacewalk (Lead)

November 25th, 2008 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 25 (Xinhua) Two US astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour Monday finished the mission's fourth and final spacewalk to work on joints on the solar panels that power the International Space ...

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Endeavour astronauts begin last spacewalk

November 25th, 2008 - 4:18 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 25 (DPA) Two space shuttle Endeavour astronauts on Monday began the last of four scheduled spacewalks at 1.24 p.m. (1824 GMT) to work on joints on the solar panels that ...

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NASAs new urine recycler encounters glitches

November 22nd, 2008 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 22 (ANI): NASAs new water regeneration system, which has been delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) for recycling urine and other wastewater into drinking water for astronauts, has ...

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NASA successfully tests first abort motor for Orion spacecraft

November 21st, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): NASA has successfully test fired the first launch abort motor for its next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle, at the Alliant Techsystems (ATK) facility in ...

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Endeavour astronauts begin second spacewalk

November 21st, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 21 (DPA) Astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour Thursday began a second spacewalk on their construction mission to the International Space Station, which was marking its 10th anniversary.Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper und ...

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Endeavour astronauts complete second spacewalk (Lead)

November 21st, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 21 (DPA) Astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour Thursday completed a second spacewalk on their construction mission to the International Space Station, which was marking its 10th anniversary.Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper und ...

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E Nose to sniff out harmful chemicals on International Space Station

November 20th, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): NASA astronauts on space shuttle Endeavours STS-126 mission will install an instrument known as ENose on the International Space Station (ISS) that can help protect crew members ...

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Endeavour astronauts begin first spacewalk

November 19th, 2008 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 19 (DPA) Two NASA astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour began a spacewalk Tuesday to replace a nitrogen tank on the International Space Station and begin repair of a joint ...

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Shuttle Endeavour docks with ISS on home improvement mission (Lead)

November 17th, 2008 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 17 (RIA Novosti) The space shuttle Endeavour has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on a two-week mission to improve living condition at the orbiter, US space agency Nasa ...

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Endeavour docks with International Space Station

November 17th, 2008 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 17 (DPA) The space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday evening.The shuttle reached the ISS a few minutes earlier than planned at 22:02 GMT and ...

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Endeavour heads for space station on home makeover mission

November 15th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 15 (Xinhua) US space shuttle Endeavour carrying seven astronauts aboard headed Saturday for the international space station on a home makeover mission.The shuttle with a beautiful orange full moon ...

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NASA chief says US must stick to road map to the Moon

NASA chief says US must stick to road map to the Moon

November 15th, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): The present chief of NASA has stressed on the importance for the US to stick to the agencys road map to the Moon, even after the change ...

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Endeavour blasts off to repair and remodel the International Space Station

November 15th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): The space shuttle Endeavour has lifted off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center, along with its seven-member crew, to repair and remodel the International Space Station. Endeavours STS-126 ...

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First Japanese mother to travel into space in 2010

November 11th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS -
Tokyo, Nov 11 (DPA) Naoko Yamazaki was selected to become the first mother and the second Japanese woman to travel into space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Tuesday.Yamazaki, 37, was chosen ...

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‘The moon is better than any space station’

‘The moon is better than any space station’

November 8th, 2008 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Nov 8 (IANS) Even as Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned spacecraft to the moon, enters the lunar orbit Saturday, one Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist says the moon is well on ...

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US astronauts vote from space

November 5th, 2008 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Nov 5 (DPA) Two NASA astronauts did not let their distance from Earth deter them from voting in the US presidential election Tuesday.Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff voted ...

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US astronauts to vote from space

October 28th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, Oct 28 (Xinhua) Americans from all over the world will vote for the next US president Nov 4 but some ballots will come from the space also.Commander Edward Michael Fincke and ...

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Space age prosthetic leg helps conquer world record

October 27th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Oct 27 (IANS) German athlete Wojtek Czyz set a new world record at the Beijing Paralympics 2008, leaping an amazing 6.50 metres, beating the existing record by 27 cm.He achieved the ...

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Indian-born’s company ties up with Boeing for US space supplies

October 27th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Oct 27 (IANS) As India's Chandrayaan-1 cruises to the moon, marking the nation's foray into the big league of space missions, an Indian-born American's company tied up with aircraft manufacturer ...

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Visual distress beacon lets screams be heard in space

October 24th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 24 (ANI): Scientists are developing an optical distress beacon for astronauts working outside their spacecraft, which would enable their screams for help to be heard in space in case ...

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NASA launches spacecraft to study solar wind

October 20th, 2008 - 7:46 am ICT by IANS -
Washington, Oct 20 (DPA) NASA has launched its Interstellar Boundary Explorer (Ibex) to examine the weakening solar wind, which shields planets in the solar system from dangerous cosmic rays.Over the next two ...

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Russia’s carrier rocket blasts off with sixth space tourist

October 12th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Baikonur, Oct 12 (RIA Novosti) A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket lifted off Sunday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan with a crew of three, one of them the sixth space tourist, to ...

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New robotic tracking system to be used to help repair orbiting satellites

October 3rd, 2008 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 3 (ANI): Researchers at Queens University, Canada, are developing a new robotic tracking system that will be used to enable repairs of orbiting satellites. This system will service more ...

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New robotic repair system will fix ailing satellites

October 3rd, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS -
Toronto, Oct 3 (IANS) Researchers are working on a new robotic system to service more than 8,000 satellites in orbit, beyond the flight range of ground-based repair operations. Currently, when the high-flying ...

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Boot camp on Moon to prepare astronauts for mission to Mars

October 2nd, 2008 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
London, October 2 (ANI): In a new strategy proposed by NASA, astronauts would have to undergo a tough lunar endurance mission camp on the Moon before they are even considered for ...

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