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| Successful Test Paves Way For Maiden Flight Of Falcon 9 Rocket |
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Saturday, March 13 2010 @ 12:14 AM MST
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CAPE CANAVERAL, AFS - Four days after an aborted first attempt, SpaceX successfully fired up the engines of a Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad during a critical test leading up to the rocket's maiden voyage next month. The test represents one of the last major milestones before the inaugural Falcon 9 takes flight after years of development.
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| SpaceX To Try Again After Falcon 9 Test-Fire Fizzles |
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| President Obama to Host Space Conference in Florida in April |
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Sunday, March 07 2010 @ 07:05 PM MST
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WASHINGTON, DC - On April 15, President Barack Obama will visit Florida to host a White House Conference on the Administration's new vision for America's future in space, the White House today announced. The President, along with top officials and other space leaders, will discuss the new course the Administration is charting for NASA and the future of U.S. leadership in human space flight. Specifically, the conference will focus on the goals and strategies in this new vision, the next steps, and the new technologies, new jobs, and new industries it will create. Conference topics will include the implications of the new strategy for Florida, the nation, and our ultimate activities in space.
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| Delta Rocket Sucessfully Orbits NOAA Weather Satellite |
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| Falcon 9 Raised To Vertical At Cape Canaveral As Inaugural Flight Nears |
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| Smoke And Fire Bring Shuttle Motor Test Program To A Close In Utah |
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| Endeavour Lands At KSC After Delivering ISS "Windows To The World" |
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Monday, February 22 2010 @ 08:13 AM MST
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Space shuttle Endeavour returned from space yesterday, making a pinpoint landing at Kennedy Space Center for what may be the program's final nighttime landing before the fleet is retired this year. Catching a break in an otherwise gloomy weather forecast, the shuttle glided home in the dark of night to complete its mission to deliver the final American-made pressurized module and a new observation deck to the International Space Station.
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February 21, 2010
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FEBRUARY 20, 2010
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FEBRUARY 19, 2010
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FEBRUARY 18, 2010
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FEBRUARY 17, 2010
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FEBRUARY 16, 2010
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FEBRUARY 15, 2010
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| Astronauts Don Plumbers Hats To Hook up Tranquility's Cooling System |
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Sunday, February 14 2010 @ 09:11 PM MST
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Astronauts bob Behnken and Nick Patrick wrapped up the successful second EVA of Endeavour's mission to the International Space Station but had to cut their time outside short after a small amount of noxious ammonia leaked from one of the station's cooling lines and got onto Patrick's spacesuit. Meanwhile, mission managers formally approved a one-day extension for STS-130, targeting landing on February 21.
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February 14, 2010
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February 13, 2010
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| Astronauts Complete Spacewalk To Attach New Module To Space Station |
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Friday, February 12 2010 @ 09:07 AM MST
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Spacewalkers Bob Behnken and Nick Patrick successfully conducted a six and a half hour spacewalk today, helping to grow the International Space Station by over 30,000 pounds and completing the primary task for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission. The new Tranquility module will be powered up and hooked into the space station's system over the course of the next several days to bring assembly of the space station to 98 percent complete.
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February 12, 2010
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February 11, 2010
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February 10, 2010
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February 9, 2010
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| NASA Launches A New Eye On Earth's Nearest Star |
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Thursday, February 11 2010 @ 09:06 AM MST
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Taking advantage of a lull in brisk winter winds, NASA successfully launched the Solar Dynamics Observatory Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The SDO spcaecraft marks the first in a series of missions NASA calls "Living With a Star" and seeks to uncover the secret inner-workings of the Sun and how it affects life on Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, AFS - It was supposed to belch forth smoke and flame for three and a half seconds, but the first test firing of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral ended with merely a puff of smoke two seconds before the count reached zero when computers aborted the test just before ignition of the vehicle's nine Merlin 1C engines. In a statement this evening, the company says the system performed correctly after sensing an off-nominal condition and the rocket suffered no damage as a result of the abort.
CAPE CANAVERAL, AFS - A Delta IV rocket thundered into the evening skies above Cape Canaveral tonight on its way to orbiting the newest meteorological Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, designated GOES-P. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's new satellite joins four other similar spacecraft to improve weather forecasting and monitoring of environmental events and completes NOAA's N series of GOES weather observing spacecraft.
SpaceX continues to march toward the inaugural flight of the company's Falcon 9 rocket this spring from Cape Canaveral. Last week the vehicle was rolled out of its processing hangar to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 and raised to vertical for a series of prelaunch tests.
With a thunderous roar, fire and smoke that rose hundreds of feet into the cold air above the snowy hills outside Promontory, Utah, captive space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor came to life as manufacturer Alliant Techsystem and NASA conducted the final ground test firing of the workhorse motor to complete a 30 year development and test program to provide reliable solid-fuel boost propulsion for the shuttle program. The final test firing will allow ATK to support the final four space shuttle launches this year and begin the company's transition from the shuttle program and to the future.
