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 Houston TX (SPX) Nov 20, 2009 
Mission Specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher completed the first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission. The 6-hour, 37-minute spacewalk wrapped up at 4:01 p.m. EST. Foreman and Satcher installed a spare S-band antenna structural assembly brought up in Atlantis' cargo bay. The equipment is being stored on the Z1 segment of the station's truss system, and to get it there Satcher rode the ... read more 
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 20, 20092009 will go down in history as one of the greatest years for lunar exploration. We were stunned by the discovery that the sun-drenched lunar surface, once thought to be bone dry, hosts small traces of water! Orbital observations of the Moon's polar regions revealed areas that are probably the coldest regions in the solar system, with temperatures plunging below that of Pluto! ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
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Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2009Astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis completed Thursday the first space walk of their mission, replacing a vital communications antenna on the exterior of the International Space Station. Mission specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher completed their task with two hours to spare and so began work, intended for a second space walk, on a new system for storing spare parts, NASA said. ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars. Drawing on observations from NASA's Mars missions, the "Be a Martian" Web site will enable the public to participate as citizen scientists to improve Martian maps, take part in research tasks, and assist Mars science teams studying ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2009House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) and Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee Chairwoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) congratulated National Administration of Space and Aeronautics (NASA) on making TIME's List of 50 Best Inventions of 2009. NASA's Ares rockets placed number one among the best inventions of the year. The Ares rockets placed before several ... more |
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 16, 2009On Monday, NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap. "This is going to be a lengthy process, and there's a high probability attempts to free Spirit will not be successful," cautions Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. ... more 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2009In a partnership that exemplifies One NASA, engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. teamed up with engineers at NASA's Johnson and Kennedy Space Centers to design, build, and test five new ExPRESS Logistics Carriers, or ELCs, which will be delivered to the International Space Station. "ExPRESS" stands for Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station ... more  
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) Nov 12, 2009 The six astronauts who will be aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-129 mission began their pre-launch activities at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday. The astronauts, who were under medical quarantine at the Johnson Space Center in Houston this week, were to arrive Thursday afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the launch countdown officially beginning Friday at 1 p.m ... more |
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