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NASA runs tests before taking decisions on shuttle repairs
August 16, 2007NASA remained optimistic that a deep gouge in the shuttle Endeavour's belly would not require repairs but was about to run one last test before making a decision. Officials also were studying a rip in astronaut Rick Mastracchio's glove that brought...
NASA gives space contract to Russian firm
July 09, 2007NASA has signed a $46 million contract with RSC Energia, in Korolev, Russia, to supply and integrate hardware for the International Space Station. Officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters in Washington said the basic...
NASA enters last day of space shuttle launch countdown free of major problems
June 08, 2007NASA is scheduled to launch Atlantis on Friday as its first space shuttle mission of the year, and there were no signs of bad weather or technical problems to delay it. Forecasters predicted an 80 percent chance that the weather would allow NASA to...
Space center employees go on strike as NASA prepares to launch space shuttle
June 06, 2007As the countdown toward a launch of Atlantis on the first space shuttle flight of the year was set to begin, another clock ticked away toward a possible strike by several hundred workers at Kennedy Space Center. The 569 space workers who last weekend...
NASA plans first space shuttle launch of year next week
June 01, 2007After a two-day meeting at the Kennedy Space Center, NASA officials agreed to launch Atlantis at 7:38 p.m. EDT (2338 GMT) June 8 on a mission to deliver a new pair of solar arrays to the international space station. The launch had been set for mid...
NASA discovers new evidence of water on Mars
May 22, 2007The Mars rover Spirit has found the strongest evidence yet that ancient Mars was wetter than previously thought. The robot analyzed a patch of soil in Gusev Crater and found it was unusually rich in silica. Scientists said the presence of water was necessary...
NASA's moon-dirt digging competitors gain nothing
May 15, 2007Four teams and some strange machines competed for a quarter-of-a-million dollars from NASA, but all failed and got nothing. NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge invited teams to build machines for digging mock moon dirt, or regolith, in a competition...
- May 07, 2007
Mercury the planet closest to the sun could have a molten core, that told the researcher team from NASA. Scientists from all around the world are looking for additional resources and better technology to learn more about the planets in Earth's solar...
U.S. astronaut to return to Earth in June - NASA
May 05, 2007The last member of the 14th ISS Expedition, U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams, will leave the international space station in June this year on board a U.S. space shuttle, NASA said Friday. Williams replaced the European Space Agency's German astronaut...
Train carrying space-shuttle components derails in US
May 03, 2007A freight train carrying segments of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters derailed after a recently repaired bridge collapsed over boggy ground, authorities said. Six people aboard the train were reported injured, one critically. NASA said it...