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RSS NASA STS-133 Mission Updates

  • VAB Preps Continue for Discovery
  • VAB Teams Prepare to Welcome Discovery
  • Discovery to be Placed on Transporter
  • Discovery Prepping for Transport Loading
  • Discovery Preps Focus on Landing Gear Tires
  • Tool Stowage Assembly Goes into Discovery Today
  • Discovery's Engines to be Configured Today
  • Discovery's Processing Goes Smoothly Ahead of Rollover
  • Leak Checks Today for Discovery
  • OMS Pod Leak Testing Today

China and India in Moon Race?

By Rick on 31 May 2007 at 6:16PM

China and India are both planning to launch moon shots within a year in the latest sign of the two Asian powerhouses’ intensifying rivalry and growing technological prowess.

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

Memorial Day 2007

By TonyF on 28 May 2007 at 1:00AM

Florida Today: Jeff Parker Memorial Day Editorial Cartoon - Copyright © 2007, floridatoday.com .Memorial Day is here again. Please take a moment of silence at 3PM (your local time) to remember all the men and women who gave all in order to defend the United States.

Category: MilSpace, Off Topic | Leave a comment

Upgrade Successful?

By webmaster on 21 May 2007 at 4:09PM

I think the WP 2.2 upgrade works. I installed a few plugins, and so far, so good.

Category: Site News | 2 comments

Site Maintenance 21 May 2007

By webmaster on 21 May 2007 at 9:28AM

This blog will be down intermittently as we upgrade to the latest release of WordPress.

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Astronaut Wally Schirra, Fifth American In Space, Dies At 84

By Rick on 3 May 2007 at 12:16PM

Portrait of Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr. NASA PHOTO NO: S64-31480(CNN) -- Wally Schirra, one of the original astronauts in the Mercury 7 project, died Thursday at age 84, NASA officials said. He was the only astronaut who flew in three of the nation's pioneering space programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/03/schirra.obit/

Category: History, Manned Exploration, Space, US | 2 comments

Helium-3: Russia Sees Moon Plot In NASA Plans

By Rick on 1 May 2007 at 12:43PM

The claim comes amid suspicion in Moscow that the United States is seeking to deny Russia access to an isotope in abundance under the moon's surface that many believe could replace fossil fuels and even end the threat of global warming.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/01/wmoon01.xml

Category: Manned Exploration, RU, Space, Space Politics, US | Leave a comment