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RSS NASA STS-130 Mission Updates

  • Discovery on Tap for Rollout to Pad
  • Discovery Being Prepped for Rollout
  • Two Shuttles, Two Crews on the Move
  • Two Shuttles, Two Crews on the Move
  • Endeavour and Discovery do Shuttle Shuffle
  • Mission Managers Praise Flawless Mission
  • Endeavour Astronauts Head Back to Crew Quarters
  • Endeavour's Final Checkout
  • Astronauts Depart Endeavour
  • Crew Transport Vehicle in Place

China-Russia Mission To Explore Mars

By Rick on 28 March 2007 at 12:14PM

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China and Russia will mount a joint effort to explore Mars and one of its moons in 2009, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday following an agreement to boost cooperation between the two ambitious space powers.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/28/china.russia.space.reut/

Category: CN, Mars, RU, Space Politics, Unmanned Exploration | Leave a comment

NASA Developing New Space Duds

By Rick on 26 March 2007 at 12:15PM

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Astronaut apparel has evolved over the decades from 1960s-era aluminum foil-style outfits to the bulky, 275-pound whites now used on jaunts outside the space station. NASA engineers at Houston's Johnson Space Center are hard at work on updating the look even further.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/23/new.spacesuits.ap/

Category: ISS, Manned Exploration, Mars, Orion, Project Constellation, Shuttle, US | Leave a comment

Today In Space History: The Seventh Planet

By TonyF on 13 March 2007 at 6:07PM

March 13th marks the 226th anniversary of the discovery of planet Uranus. The seventh planet in our solar system, Uranus is the first to be discovered in modern times.  Astronomer William Herschel first observed it in 1781.

Category: Astronomy, EU, History, Uranus | Leave a comment

NASA Optimistic About Shuttle Repair

By Rick on 12 March 2007 at 3:59PM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -- The hail-damaged fuel tank on space shuttle Atlantis likely will be repaired at the Florida launch site, minimizing the delay for NASA's first mission of the year, officials said on Monday.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/12/space.shuttle.reut/

Category: STS-117, US | Leave a comment

Ariane 5 Launch Rescheduled For Sunday

By TonyF on 11 March 2007 at 2:47PM

The launch of two satellites aboard Europe's heavy-lift launcher, the Ariane 5, is scheduled for tonight between 6:03PM and 6:58PM EDT on 11 March 2007. Yesterday's launch attempt was scrubbed due to a fault in the water system at the pad.

Note that Arianespace's website is stating the US Eastern time as if Daylight Saving Time has not started yet. There are new rules for DST in the U.S. and Canada, so instead of GMT-5, we on the East Coast are at GMT-4.

Live video here. More info and live coverage here. Play-by-play here.

Category: Biz, EU, IN, MilSpace | Leave a comment

Ariane 5 Launch Scrubbed

By TonyF on 10 March 2007 at 6:10PM

The Ariane 5 rocket launch scheduled for today has been scrubbed due to an issue with the "deluge system" which floods the platform with water for cooling and vibration control.

Launch is rescheduled for tomorrow at approximately the same time.

Category: Biz, EU, IN, MilSpace | Leave a comment

UK To Launch Military Satellite Saturday

By TonyF on 9 March 2007 at 8:58PM

Great Britain's Ministry of Defence will be launching a new milsat tomorrow. The Skynet-5 bird will lift off aboard an Ariane-5 rocket from the Arianespace site at French Guiana. An Indian TV satellite will also be along for the ride.

Watch the launch live between 5:25PM and 5:58PM (EST) on Saturday, 11 March 2007. 

Category: Biz, EU, IN, MilSpace | 2 comments

STS-117: Repair Or Replace?

By TonyF on 5 March 2007 at 11:19PM

Will the damaged Shuttle external tank be repaired in time for an April launch, or will it have to be swapped out? NASA reports…

Shuttle Back in Vehicle Assembly Building

Space Shuttle Atlantis atop the crawler transporter is taken back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. NASA PHOTO NO: KSC-07PD-055803.05.07
Space Shuttle Atlantis has rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39A. The vehicle was roll backed due to hail damage that occurred on the tank during a severe thunderstorm that happened on Feb. 26.

The vehicle was "hard down" inside the Vehicle Assembly Building around 5:49 p.m. on Sunday, March 4.

The hail caused approximately 1,000 to 2,000 divots in the giant tank's foam insulation and minor surface damage to about 26 heat shield tiles on the orbiter's left wing.

Further inspection of the tank is necessary to get an accurate appraisal of foam damage and must be done in the Vehicle Assembly Building, where the entire tank can be more easily accessed.

Once an up-close look at the damage is complete, the type of repair required and the time needed for that work can be determined.

Continue reading STS-117: Repair Or Replace?

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