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NASA 'lowers' the space shuttle Discovery
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Endeavor on the launch pad
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has just completed moving Endeavor into its launch pad, starting the first space shuttle mission this year, according…
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American spacecraft brings worms to space
Space shuttle Atlantis took off yesterday to bring replacement parts and about a million worms to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Glowing waste water in the universe
Many amateur astronomers see streaks of light glistening in the sky on 9/9. At first they thought it was a mysterious astronomical event, but actually the light trail wa…
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'Astronaut Buzz Lightyear is in the longest space
Buzz Lightyear, the toy star in Disney's Toy Story, returned to Earth after 15 months of exploding stars, setting the record for the longest space astronaut ever.
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Discovery ship connects the perfect ISS Station
After three delays and two days of flying, Discovery has successfully connected to the ISS Space Station. A rich and complex experimental program is underway.
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Garbage blocking the way of the spacecraft
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) decided to let Space Shuttle Discovery dodge the orbit of a piece of cosmic trash before it returned to Earth.
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Bad weather blocked the shuttle
The US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) decided to postpone Discovery's launch today because of cloudy weather and strong winds.
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The shuttle delayed the second launch in a row
The new hydrogen leak discovered during the refueling of the Endeavor spacecraft caused NASA to continue canceling the last-minute launch plan.
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Aircraft 'piggyback' spacecraft
Atlantis space shuttle yesterday began its journey back to the base in Florida. Bad weather did not allow it to land here after completing the mission in orbit and had t…
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NASA postponed the last-minute shuttle launch
The US space agency's Endeavor plan to launch the spacecraft was canceled only a few hours before the ship took off from Earth, due to a hydrogen gas leak.
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Atlantis returned to Earth safely
The Atlantis spacecraft landed yesterday in a parking lot in California, USA, after successfully performing the mission to upgrade the Hubble telescope in orbit.
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NASA is about to launch the Atlantis shuttle for the last time
NASA said the agency is expected to carry out the launch of the Atlantis space shuttle on May 11 to fulfill the Hubble space telescope and maintenance mission.
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NASA launches a telescope to repair the telescope
The US space agency has launched Atlantis and seven astronauts to fix the Hubble telescope in space.
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Detecting chipping on the Atlantis space shuttle
The astronauts of the space shuttle Atlantis discovered chipping marks about 53 cm long on the hull.