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Space Shuttle lands safely
Published on 9 Mar 2011 at 13:00.
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Wednesday 9th March 2011
Updated @ 17:15 / 5.15pm
STS-133 comes to End
The Shuttle is resting after a spectacular final landing, after 27 years of service during that it was racked up excatly one cumilative year in space and an odometer reading of more than 148 million miles!
Now it has booked into history books. Good Bye, Discovery!
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NASA TV Online
Published on 27 Feb 2011 at 08:00.
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Sunday 27th February 2011
NASA Television Online
Space Shuttle STS-133 (Discovery) mission coverage is available at the NASA TV.
Space Shuttle STS-133 :- Latest News and Timeline.
What is a Coronagraph?
Published on 20 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 20th November 2010
Coronagraph
A coronagraph is a telescope that can see things very close to the Sun, click here for more reference about it.
Above image from SOHO Coroagraph
A bright comet just discovered on Wednesday 17th November 2010 by Polish comet hunter Michal Kusiak is about to disappear forever that problem is, it is diving toward [...]
Called Off
Published on 7 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 6th November 2010
Foam Crack (Click here for enlarge image.)
Discovery’s liftoff to the International Space Station was postponed because of a leak in the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) at Launch Pad 39A, which prompted a scrub of Friday’s launch attempt but Mission managers also will look at a crack in the external tank foam that [...]
Space Shuttle – Updated
Published on 5 Nov 2010 at 11:00.
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Friday 5th November 2010
Updated :- 16:00 / 4pm
During tanking, a hydrogen leak was detected at the GUCP, an attachment point between the external tank and a 17-inch pipe that carries gaseous hydrogen safely away from Discovery to the flare stack, where it is burned off to discuss the work necessary to repair a gaseous hydrogen [...]
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Space Shuttle STS-133 :- Updated
Published on 4 Nov 2010 at 08:35.
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Thursday 4th November 2010
UPDATED :- 12:00 / 12pm
Shuttle Launch Attempt Delayed for Weather
Managers will delay Discovery’s launch for 24 hours due to weather. Mission managers will meet tomorrow at UK time:- 9am to re-evaluate the weather conditions for Friday’s launch attempt would be at UK time :- 19:04 / 7:04pm GMT (NASA time:- 3:04 p.m. EDT) [...]
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STS-133 DELAY
Published on 3 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 3rd November 2010
Space Shuttle Discovery
With the Hubble Space Telescope on board, Discovery begins its roll maneuver after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center on April 24, 1990. This low-angle view of the launch shows the shuttle atop the external tank, flanked by two solid rocket boosters, as it rises into the sky.
Today the same Space [...]
NASA Missions Launching
Published on 1 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 1st November 2010
Space Shuttle Discovery Crews (STS-133)
Today the launch of space shuttle Discovery has postponed to target for Wednesday 3rd November 2010 at UK time ;- 19:52 / 7.:52 pm GMT.
Managers are meeting to discuss the plan to repair helium and nitrogen leaks in the pressurization portion of space shuttle Discovery’s right-hand Orbital Maneuvering [...]
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Successfully Test
Published on 3 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 3rd September 2010
(Credit: NASA)
NASA and ATK Successfully Test Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor
Smoke and fire billow as the DM-2 motor roars into a successful test in Brigham City, Utah, on Aug. 31, 2010. (Credit: NASA)
With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of [...]
NASA Missions Landing
Published on 26 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 26th May 2010 @ 13:48pm / 1.48pm
Crew Prepares for Landing.
Space Shuttle Atlantis and the STS-132 crew returns to Earth today after delivering the Russian-built Mini Research Module to the International Space Station, and landing is scheduled for 13:48 / 1.48pm (UK Time).
Derekscope BSL Video
NASA TV :- Landing TV Live
NASA Mission Extras :- STS-132 [...]
