Technicians find blockage in shuttle coolant line Posted: Sat, Mar 16 8:31 PM ET (0131 GMT) Shuttle technicians have pinpointed the blockage in a coolant line in the shuttle Columbia, SPACE.com reported Friday. X-ray and ultrasound equipment located the... High winds delay Rockot launch Posted: Sat, Mar 16 12:06 PM ET (1706 GMT) High winds led Russian officials to postpone the launch Saturday of the Rockot booster carrying two NASA earth science satellites. The Rockot was scheduled to... News briefs: March 15 Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:52 AM ET (1652 GMT) A near-Earth asteroid passed within 450,000 kilometers from the Earth but was not discovered until after its close approach, New Scientist reported Friday.... Business briefs: March 15 Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:14 AM ET (1614 GMT) International Launch Services announced Friday that it completed the first major on-pad test of the first Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 booster this week. The... Russian group unveils suborbital spacecraft prototype Posted: Fri, Mar 15 8:07 AM ET (1307 GMT) A Russian company displayed Thursday a prototype for a proposed suborbital spacecraft that could transport space tourists. The Cosmopolis 21 (C-21), designed by Myasishchev... News briefs: March 14 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 7:49 AM ET (1249 GMT) NASA has created a new online system to track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. The Sentry system, provided by JPL, is a web site that... Business briefs: March 14 Posted: Fri, Mar 15 7:35 AM ET (1235 GMT) Satellite communications entrepreneur Craig McCaw said Thursday that he is optimistic about the prospects of satellite constellation ICO, but is uncertain about the fate of... Mars Odyssey instrument repaired Posted: Thu, Mar 14 7:52 AM ET (1252 GMT) An instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft that malfunctioned last year is working again, NASA reported Wednesday. The Martian Radiation Environment Experiment (MARIE) started... News briefs: March 13 Posted: Thu, Mar 14 7:42 AM ET (1242 GMT) Scientists have published new evidence which they believe shows that liquid carbon dioxide, and not water, carved many of the features seen in Mars. Their... White House drops nominee for NASA #2 position Posted: Wed, Mar 13 8:20 PM ET (0120 GMT) The White House has withdrawn the nomination of a Marine general to be the deputy administrator of NASA, the day a Senate confirmation hearing was... |
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