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Extending space station key to Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Getting humans to Mars will require medical research on the International Space Station through at least 2020, said the program’s lead scientist, presenting a time [...]
Bad weather delays space shuttle launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA delayed a Tuesday morning liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery by a day because of stormy weather at the Florida launch site.
The U.S. space [...]
Gas leak delays space shuttle launch for second time
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA canceled the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday for the second time after a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak surfaced while the ship [...]
Space shuttle launch delayed, reset for Sunday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA postponed space shuttle Discovery’s launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday due to a hydrogen leak during fueling and said it would try [...]
NASA plans to launch shuttle one day earlier
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA on Wednesday moved up the launch date of space shuttle Discovery one day to March 11, confident safety issues over fuel valves that prompted [...]
NASA aims for March 12 launch of space shuttle
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – After four delays, NASA on Wednesday set March 12 as the target date for the next launch of the space shuttle Discovery.
The flight, the first [...]
NASA delays shuttle flight a fourth time
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA delayed its first space shuttle launch of the year for a fourth time on Friday after failing to resolve concerns about a potential problem [...]
NASA delays shuttle launch to February 22
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA Friday delayed the launch of the shuttle Discovery’s mission to the International Space Station by three more days, to February 22, to allow more [...]
Spacewalkers install probe outside space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) — A U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut completed a 5-1/2-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday to install a device that monitors conditions [...]
Phoenix probe sheds new light on Mars weather
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA is still unable to say for sure whether its Phoenix lander has found a place where life could have existed on Mars.
But scientists working [...]
Rocket company sells discount rides to space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The space tourism race heated up on Tuesday when a second company began offering tickets for suborbital rides at less than half the price of [...]
Shuttle astronaut invents zero-gravity cup
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Future space travelers may be drinking their own urine, thanks to the International Space Station’s new water recycler, but they can now do so with [...]
Purified urine to be astronauts’ drinking water
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – As NASA prepares to double the number of astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, nothing may do more for crew bonding than a machine [...]
NASA clears shuttle for space station visit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – NASA managers on Wednesday cleared the space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts for launch on Friday on a mission to make the International Space Station [...]
Hubble telescope back in business
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business after a month of problems, but preparing spare equipment to keep the orbital observatory running will force [...]
