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 Houston, Texas (AFP) Sept 12, 2009 
The Discovery astronauts found sunny skies in California on Friday as they descended to a weather-delayed landing at Edwards Air Force Base to end a demanding two-week mission to the International Space Station. Earlier in the day, thunderstorms twice prevented the seven astronauts from landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a replay of the foul conditions on Thursday that kept the shuttle ... read more 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2009Japan on Friday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the HTV transportation vehicle atop an H-2B rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (1700 GMT Thursday) ... more
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2009Japan early Friday launched its first cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) atop an H-IIB rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (1700 GMT Thursday ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2009Spirit is continuing remote sensing and in situ science while positioned at her embedded location on the west side of Home Plate. On Sol 2015 (Sept. 3, 2009), a Moessbauer (MB) integration was completed on target "Olive Leaf." On the next sol, a rock abrasion tool (RAT) calibration and a RAT diagnostics were performed, then the APXS was placed on Olive Leaf for an overnight integration. ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday and began its journey back to Earth after a successful mission. Discovery undocked from the ISS at 1926 GMT and circled the space station to survey and photograph its exterior -- customary practice to end such missions -- before returning to Earth for a scheduled Thursday landing in Florida. Before ... more |
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Moffett Field, CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2009NASA officials have signed an agreement with Unimodal Systems, LLC to collaborate on the use of NASA-developed control software and human factors techniques to evaluate acceleration, jerk and vibration of an advanced transportation vehicle system. The control software was originally designed to control robots and other applications. The collaboration will help NASA better understand the software ... more  
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Sep 02, 2009The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) team, led by General Dynamics C4 Systems, has successfully added the highly capable Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW 1.0c) to the Rifleman Radio (AN/PRC-154) and the HMS Manpack Radio intended for use in vehicles. This places HMS first in line to bring the JTRS SRW 1.0c to dismounted soldiers for an unprecedented ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2009Two US astronauts on Wednesday completed the first of three spacewalks scheduled for the space shuttle Discovery's nine-day mission at the ISS, removing a massive coolant tank. With the help of the station's robotic arm and guided by shuttle Commander Rick Sturckow and spacewalk choreographer Pat Forrester, the duo removed the bulky - albeit weightless in space - liquid ammonia coolant tank from the ISS truss. A new, 800-kilogram replacement will be installed during the second spacewalk late ... more |
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