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NASA shuttle program may fly until 2015: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's staff will study whether the space shuttle program could continue operating past its scheduled retirement in 2010, according to an internal e-mail sent this week. The e-mail obtained by The Orlando Sentinel describes NASA Administrator Michael Griffin's order for a study to determine...; Tags: E-mail, Griffin, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-08-30
Shuttle caps mission success with smooth landing: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab. The shuttle descended through a few puffy clouds and...; Tags: Atlantis, NASA, Shuttle, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-15
US shuttle heads for landing after successful mission: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida AFP — The US shuttle Discovery is racing back to Earth on Saturday after a successful mission to deliver and open Japan's first space laboratory at the International Space Station. The shuttle, carrying seven astronauts, left orbit and plunged toward the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...; Tags: Earth, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-14
Unidentified object seen behind space shuttle: NASA: WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery spotted an unidentified object floating behind the craft, as well as a bump on the shuttle rudder, the US space agency said Friday. "After completing a standard day-before-landing test of the shuttle steering jets, the crew indicated they had seen...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-13
Unidentified object seen floating away from shuttle: NASA: WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery spotted an unidentified object floating behind the craft as well as a bump on the shuttle rudder, the US space agency said Friday. "After completing a standard day-before-landing test of the shuttle steering jets, the crew indicated they had seen...; Tags: MARKETING, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-13

Astronauts spot object floating from shuttle, NASA not worried: WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery spotted an unidentified object floating behind the craft as well as a bump on the shuttle rudder on Friday but neither was cause for concern, NASA said. After carrying out routine testing the day before Discovery is due to land...; Tags: Earth, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle, TVs; Research articles 2008-06-13
Discovery undocks from ISS: WASHINGTON AFP — The US space shuttle Discovery successfully undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday at 1142 GMT ahead of its return to Earth set for Saturday, NASA said. The undocking, carried out on schedule, took place 344 kilometers (214 miles) above the South Pacific east of Australia....; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Japan, NASA, shuttle, TVs; Research articles 2008-06-11
Astronauts test Japanese robotic arm: WASHINGTON AFP — Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide put the robotic arm of the Japanese Kibo module through its paces Monday before stowing it away, as the shuttle Discovery crew completed its mission at the International Space Station. Hoshide extended the 10.06-meter (33-foot) metallic arm and tested all its six...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, arm, ISS, MARKETING, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-09
Space shuttle blastoff damaged launch pad: NASA: WASHINGTON AFP — Bricks and mortar blew off the US space shuttle's launch pad during its weekend liftoff, without damaging the orbiter but causing concern for future missions, NASA said Monday. An investigative team was formed to look into the damage and come up with options for the shuttle's...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-02
Shuttle delivering $1B space lab: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Saturday, carrying a giant Japanese lab addition to the international space station along with something more mundane -- a toilet pump. Discovery roared into a brilliantly blue sky dotted with a few clouds...; Tags: NASA, Shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-01
The proof is in the plastic: three-dimensional printing technology translated scans of the space shuttle tiles for safety evaluation. The same technology allows proof of concept before metal is machined: Just after lift-off, August 13, 2007, Space Shuttle Endeavour's Thermal Protection System-TPS--suffered damage due to a strike by foam insulation falling from the shuttle's external fuel tank. Sensors detected damage to the heat-resistant tiles lining the orbiter's underbelly, posing a threat to the shuttle's safe re-entry to Earth. The...; Tags: 3D, Earth, HARDWARE, NASA, Printers, printing, shuttle; Research articles 2008-06-01
Discovery heads to space station with Japanese lab: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida AFP — Astronauts on the US space shuttle Discovery were to dock with the International Space Station Monday, as they prepared to deliver a payload that included Japan's Kibo space lab and parts to repair a malfunctioning space lavatory. Discovery is scheduled to dock at the...; Tags: NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-05-31
Vaccine test marks rise of commercial research in space: NASA: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida AFP — An experiment to develop a salmonella vaccine aboard the US space shuttle Discovery could pave the way for a gush of commercial biotechnology research in space, NASA and biotech industry officials said Friday. Executives of Spacehab Inc. said that if the company's research on...; Tags: Biotechnology, HEALTHCARE, NASA, shuttle, vaccine; Research articles 2008-05-30
NASA sets date for shuttle's final repair trip to Hubble: WASHINGTON AFP — Space shuttle Atlantis will embark on the final repair and maintenance mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on October 8, instead of the end of August as planned, NASA announced Thursday. The US space agency also fixed November 10 as the date for the launch of...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Atlantis, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-05-22
Shuttle Endeavour set for landing at Cape Canaveral: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida AFP — Weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center were good for shuttle Endeavour's landing Wednesday, NASA said, after a record-setting mission that attached Japan's Kibo laboratory to the International Space Station. NASA's mission control at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, gave the green light for...; Tags: Florida, ISS, NASA, Shuttle; Research articles 2008-03-26
Shuttle Endeavour returns after record-setting mission to ISS: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida AFP — Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are home after carrying Japan's maiden space laboratory and a Canadian repair robot to the International Space Station on a record-setting mission. Endeavour landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 8:39 pm Wednesday (0039 GMT Thursday) after a...; Tags: ISS, NASA, Robots, Shuttle, shuttle; Research articles 2008-03-26
US shuttle Endeavour heads home after record mission: WASHINGTON AFP — The US space shuttle Endeavour began its trek home to Earth Monday after a record five successful spacewalks and 12 days at the International Space Station where astronauts installed Japan's maiden ISS laboratory. With the installation Japan gained a foothold on the orbital outpost alongside the...; Tags: Earth, ISS, Japan, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-03-24
US shuttle Endeavour heads home after record mission: WASHINGTON AFP — The US space shuttle Endeavour began its trek home to Earth Monday after a record five successful spacewalks and 12 days at the International Space Station where astronauts installed Japan's maiden ISS laboratory. With the installation Japan gained a foothold on the orbital outpost alongside the...; Tags: Earth, ISS, Japan, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-03-24
Astronauts test way to fix tiles: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two spacewalking astronauts pulled out a caulk gun and a high-tech kind of Silly Putty on Thursday night and tested a method for patching shuttle thermal tiles. It was the fourth spacewalk since Endeavour arrived at the international space station just over a week...; Tags: bubble, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-03-21
Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques: WASHINGTON AFP — Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station ISS...; Tags: Columbia, Earth, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, shuttle, technique; Research articles 2008-03-20