Monthly Archive for August, 2007Page 3 of 9

Two Astronaut Candidates Speak Out ‘Space Friendship’

Two Koreans are competing to become the first astronaut from their country to go into space aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.
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Zero gravity training for country’s first space tourist

Santhosh George Kulangara, set to become the first Indian space tourist aboard a Virgin Galactic flight, will undergo microgravity training in Florida on Aug. 11.
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NASA Teams With Microsoft to Offer Space Shuttle in 3-D

NASA and Microsoft have teamed to give computer users a 3-D look of the space shuttle Endeavour as it is prepared for launch.
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Endeavour looking good for launch

The prospects for launching the space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday are good. The shuttle, with teacher-in-space Barbara Morgan on board, will visit ISS.
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Lift off for teacher

Barbara Morgan, a teacher who was backup to Christa McAuliffe on the ill-fated Challenger mission, is scheduled to fly into space on Endeavour on Wednesday.
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News Reports Are Criticized by Astronaut

Cmdr. Scott J. Kelly, commander of the space shuttle mission scheduled for launch on Wednesday, says that recent reports of alcohol use by astronauts have been exaggerated.
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Blanco headed to Florida for space shuttle launch this week

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco will attend the space shuttle launch in Florida this week, according to her office.
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Glenn Experiments to Fly on Next Shuttle Mission

When space shuttle Endeavour blasts off from Cape Canaveral on its STS-118 mission, it will be carrying two experiments built at NASA’s Glenn Research Center: the Smoke Aerosol Measurement Experiment (SAME) and the Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures-2 (CSLM-2) Experiment.
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NASA plans ‘Armageddon’ spacecraft to blast asteroid

NASA is planning a spacecraft called Cradle to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
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European Space Agency orbiter to monitor NASA Mars Phoenix landing

ESA’s Mars Express orbiter will monitor the descent and landing of NASA’s Phoenix lander at the Martian south pole.
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