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NASA revamps, delays commercial space taxi work

2011-12-15T13:30:14Z

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Budget cuts in a program to spur commercial space taxis will likely keep the United States dependent on Russia to fly astronauts to the US space agency was unaware that the shuttle Endeavour's final mission to the International Space Station was in conflict with the royal wedding, a NASA chief said Tuesday.

"The frank answer is no," said CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Friday said "fear of failure" should not hold back its mission to test the boundaries of human space exploration, as the agency marked the 25th anniversary of the Chal...

Atlantis approaches International Space Station

2010-05-16T04:15:23Z

The US shuttle Atlantis neared the International Space Station Sunday as its crew prepared to deliver tons of crucial new equipment to the nearly-completed orbital laboratory.

The shuttle began its 12-day final trip Friday afternoon, when it blasted off from Cape Cana...

Endeavour astronauts to inspect heat shield

2010-04-16T11:17:52Z

Astronauts aboard the US space shuttle Endeavour prepared on Thursday to inspect the heat shield for damage caused by debris that peeled off the external fuel tank during liftoff.

The debris was spotted after the shuttle blasted off Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center, its ...

Endeavour headed for space station

2010-04-16T11:19:14Z

The US space shuttle Endeavour Thursday headed for the orbiting International Station on a mission to complete work on the Japanese Kibo laboratory.

The six Americans and one Canadian onboard Endeavour are scheduled to reach the ISS on Friday, where they will install a platform for astronauts to conduct experiments 350 kilometers (220 miles) above ...

Space Shuttle Launch in Limbo Over Suspect Fuel Valves

2010-10-26T20:54:04Z

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NASA awards 3.5-bln-dollar contracts for ISS supply

2010-04-16T13:43:18Z

NASA announced Tuesday it awarded two International Space Station (ISS) freight contracts totaling 3.5 billion dollars to private space launch companies Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and NASA Shaken by Latest Challenges: Reports of Drunken Astronauts and Space-Equipment Sabotage

America's space agency was shaken Thursday by two startling and unrelated reports: One involved claims that astronauts were drunk before flying. The other was news from NASA itself that a worker had sabotaged a computer set for delivery to the internati...

NASA reports sabotage of space computer

2010-09-09T11:03:55Z

NASA Reports Sabotage of Computer by Worker Who Cut Wires; Computer Was to Fly Next Month

A space program worker deliberately damaged a computer that is supposed to fly aboard shuttle Endeavour in less than two weeks, an act of sabotage that was caught before the equipment was loaded onto the spaceship, NASA said Thursday.

The unidentified em...

Atlantis saves power, may stay extra day

2010-09-09T02:28:12Z

Parts of Space Shuttle Powered Down in Case Extra Day Is Needed at Space Station

Cameras, computer laptops and some lights on space shuttle Atlantis were turned off Thursday to save energy in case it needs to stay an extra day at the international space station to help maintain the outpost's orientation.<...