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Endeavour launches
Posted: Mon, Feb 8 5:12 AM ET (1012 GMT)
STS-130: launch (NASA/KSC) The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off early Monday on a mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour launched on schedule at 4:14 am EST (0914 GMT) after a routine countdown. Clouds that postponed Sunday's launch did reappear, but cleared before launch. The six-person crew will install the Tranquility module, the last major US component for the ISS, during the 13-day mission. Three spacewalks are planned during the mission to outfit the new module and perform other work.


Clouds delay shuttle launch
Posted: Sun, Feb 7 10:06 AM ET (1506 GMT)
STS-130: logo (NASA) Sunday morning's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was postponed because of cloud cover, pushing the launch back to Monday. A layer of low, thick clouds developed overnight, violating weather criteria for a shuttle launch and thus postponing the scheduled 4:39 am EST (0939 GMT) launch. The launch is now scheduled for 4:14 am EST (0914 GMT) Monday, with a 60 percent chance of acceptable weather. The shuttle is carrying a new module, Tranquility, that is the last major US component to be added to the station. The shuttle launch delay will also push back at least a day Tuesday's scheduled launch of an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral carrying a NASA solar observatory.


STS-130 countdown underway
Posted: Fri, Feb 5 5:51 PM ET (2251 GMT)
NASA is proceeding with the countdown towards Sunday morning's launch of the shuttle Endeavour without any major technical or weather concerns. Endeavour is scheduled...


Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Feb 5 5:33 PM ET (2233 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late Thursday night. The Progress M-04M spacecraft (designated Progress 36 by NASA) docked with...


NASA extends Cassini mission
Posted: Thu, Feb 4 5:19 AM ET (1019 GMT)
The Cassini spacecraft will continue its studies of Saturn and its moons through 2017 under a mission extension NASA announced Wednesday. Cassini, launched in 1997,...





Tuesday, February 9
Calling ET: Your chance to send a message to alien life
The Daily Telegraph — 7:42 am ET (1242 GMT)
CU-equipped craft to launch on Wednesday
Denver Post — 7:41 am ET (1241 GMT)
Endeavour Inspection Shows No Launch Damage
Central Florida News 13 — 7:40 am ET (1240 GMT)
What's next? No rush. 'We've got plenty of time'
Huntsville Times — 7:40 am ET (1240 GMT)
Astronauts give Endeavour full post-launch inspection
CBS/Spaceflight Now — 7:39 am ET (1239 GMT)
Trial Date Set For Ex-NASA Official
AP — 7:38 am ET (1238 GMT)
Mauna Kea a substitute moon for NASA scientists
Honolulu Advertiser — 7:37 am ET (1237 GMT)
Endeavour Cruises Toward Station Rendezvous
Florida Today — 7:29 am ET (1229 GMT)
An agency in transition
The Space Review — 12:06 am ET (0506 GMT)
Maps and buried treasure
The Space Review — 12:05 am ET (0505 GMT)
Beating a dead space horse (yeah, Defying Gravity, again...)
The Space Review — 12:05 am ET (0505 GMT)
Review: Choice, Not Fate
The Space Review — 12:05 am ET (0505 GMT)
Forming present day spiral galaxies
Astronomy Now — 12:04 am ET (0504 GMT)
Hubble captures Pluto's seasonal changes
Astronomy Now — 12:04 am ET (0504 GMT)
Older galaxies more peculiar, census shows
Cosmos Magazine — 12:03 am ET (0503 GMT)
Ex-Boeing engineer gets 15 years in spy case
Reuters — 12:00 am ET (0500 GMT)

Monday, February 8
For Human Spaceflight, Can Measured Beat Bold?
New York Times — 11:53 pm ET (0453 GMT)
Shuttle launches Tranquility module to the space station
CBS/Spaceflight Now — 11:52 pm ET (0452 GMT)





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