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Shuttle Discovery passes up first landing try TuesdayHouston, Texas (AFP) April 20, 2010 The space shuttle Discovery passed up the first opportunity to land in Florida early Tuesday because of fog and rain showers at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA's Mission Control is now looking to a possible landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at 9:01 am (1301 GMT), where favorable weather was forecast, after passing up the 7:34 am (1134 GMT) Florida touchdown. There was also another opportunity to land at Kennedy at 9:08 am EDT (1308 GMT), if conditions improved. "The fog is hangi ... read more |
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Washington DC (VOA) Apr 19, 2010Space experts say the White House's new plan for space exploration is a boost to private companies that are developing cutting-edge technologies needed in coming years. New funding may propel research and create thousands of new jobs. When President Barack Obama spoke this week at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, he wanted to assure NASA veterans that he is committed to human space flight. ... more 
Bangalore (IANS) Apr 19, 2010A fateful but providential decision by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) saved a precious Indo-Israeli science payload from crashing into the sea in the failed GSLV launch mission Thursday. Under the original plan, the ultraviolet telescope called TAUVEX was to be carried by GSAT-4, which plunged into the Bay of Bengal after the indigenously built cryogenic stage failed to fire ... more 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 19, 2010Quality is focus of Arianespace following Ariane 5's launch postponement Arianespace has initiated a multi-phase effort to pinpoint and resolve the technical issue that postponed its initial Ariane 5 flight of 2010, as well as revalidate quality control procedures for the company's workhorse heavy-lift launch vehicle. A pressurization anomaly of the main cryogenic stage (EPC) during final ... more |
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Robonaut Set To Join Space Station Crew As R2Houston TX (SPX) Apr 19, 2010 NASA will launch the first human-like robot to space later this year to become a permanent resident of the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, or R2, was developed jointly by NASA and General Motors under a cooperative agreement to develop a robotic assistant that can work alongside humans, whether they are astronauts in space or workers at GM manufacturing plants on Earth. The 300-pound R2 consists of a head and a torso with two arms and two hands. R2 will launch on space shuttle Discovery a ... read more |
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