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Endeavour blasts off for ISS

Madan — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:19:24 +0000

After some delays and controversies, Mission STS-118 got off to a brilliant start as the seven-member crew headed into space in space shuttle Endeavour at planned 2336 BST on Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in...

Experience launching aboard one of NASA's space shuttles!

Rajni — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:07:11 +0000

The entrance of Shuttle Launch Experience. Videos to brief visitors before they climb aboard the new NASA Shuttle Launch Experience ride. If you ever wished to experience launching aboard one of NASA’s space shuttles, you can do it...

Sky is the Limit: Adventurous Space Tourism

Anshu — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:15:00 +0000

Make these vacations memorable for your kids by planning for space tourism! The best place for such tourism is the Kennedy Space Center. Approximately 1.5 million people visit this space center every year! With the opening of Shuttle launch...

'Smart balloons' to make launching of space shuttle safe

Rajni — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:55:14 +0000

Few months back a space shuttle fuel tank was severely damaged during a sudden and unexpected hailstorm before a launch. To avoid such damages and to monitor the weather conditions around rocket pads on launch days, a team from the...

NASA to Pick from three Imperfect Choices for Shuttle landing

Pankaj — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:45:58 +0000

Discovery and seven astronauts, fresh from an extended visit to the International Space Station, are set to return to the Earth this afternoon but it remains unclear where they will land. NASA managers may have to decide between three...

The unplanned Fourth Space Walk becomes a success onboard ISS

Pankaj — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:27:40 +0000

NASA approved conducting a fourth, unplanned spacewalk as astronauts were unable to get the accordion-like array to fold up into a box properly including a highly unscientific request to an astronaut– Robert Curbeam inside to do some...

Sunita Williams goes to space with Discovery

Pratyush — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:59:08 +0000

Discovery, the US space shuttle blasted off in space on a important International Space Station construction mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was first night launch of space shuttle in last four...

Discovery Launch: 90 Percent chance of another Delay, Weather Forecasts getting Worse

Pankaj — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:14:04 +0000

NASA is hoping to launch its third mission in six months and get a jump on the looming deadline to finish International Space Station assembly before the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010. However, the clouds of concern gathered for Thursday...

Weather Forecast Grows Worse for Shuttle Launch

Pankaj — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:47:28 +0000

Discovery is set for the first planned night launch in four years after two technical issues, one with the shuttle’s electrical system and the other with an adhesive used in the ship’s solid rocket boosters, that were resolved of...

Sunita Williams, 2nd woman of Indian origin to go in space

Pratyush — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:33:34 +0000

After Kalpna Chawla, Sunita Williams, 41 will be the second woman of Indian origin to take off on a space mission. She will spend six months at the International Space Station. The US shuttle Discovery will leave Sunita there after completing...