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From Cosmic Joke To Cherished Eye In Space - Chief Engineer

Sunday, May 31st, 2009


From Cosmic Joke To Cherished Eye In Space
Chief Engineer, IL
A new camera to be installed on this flight should enable astronomers to look an extra 200 million light-years farther back, said Hubble chief scientists David Leckrone. He said if everything goes well with the repair mission, Hubble will be at its ...
South Jersey Skies: The most difficult mission Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
From Hubble to Herschel: how Europe is changing the way we look at ... PC Authority
What's It Like to Film IMAX 3D In Outer Space? Travel Dive
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Shuttle Endeavour Moves to Launch Pad for June Mission - Space.com

Sunday, May 31st, 2009


Space.com
Shuttle Endeavour Moves to Launch Pad for June Mission
Space.com
Endeavour is scheduled to blast off on June 13 to deliver a porch-like experiment platform to the space station that will complete the outpost's Japanese Kibo laboratory. Five spacewalks are planned for the marathon 16-day mission to install and outfit ...
Endeavour On The Move To New Launch Pad Central Florida News 13|
2 orbiters moving this week Florida Today
Things Moving Into High Gear At NASA Aero-News Network
Examiner.com - Houston Chronicle
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Hubble's not the only telescope Earth will use to scope out space - Tampabay.com

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Tampabay.com
Hubble's not the only telescope Earth will use to scope out space
Tampabay.com, FL
Factoid: After this last and final repair mission, Hubble will probably be allowed to fall back to Earth within a decade. Space shuttle astronauts returned to Earth eight days ago after a challenging repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. ...
From Cosmic Joke To Cherished Eye In Space Chief Engineer
South Jersey Skies: The most difficult mission Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
Atlantis Astronauts Install Ball Aerospace's WFC3 and COS Aboard ... Space Ref (press release)
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Watch the space station - Pensacola News Journal

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Watch the space station
Pensacola News Journal, FL
The ISS will be easily visible and glow bright white as it traverses across the night sky. The entire transit will last only a little over two minutes. The space station's solar cells can be seen using a small telescope or powerful video camera lens.

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Haney, 'voice of NASA' reporter, dies of cancer - The Associated Press

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

KRQE
Haney, 'voice of NASA' reporter, dies of cancer
The Associated Press
ALAMOGORDO, NM (AP) — Paul Haney, who was known as the "voice of NASA's Mission Control" for his live televised reports during the early years of the space program, has died of cancer. He was 80. Haney died Thursday at a nursing home. ...
Haney remembered for his voice Alamogordo Daily News
Man who was voice of NASA dies of cancer in NM KVIA
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Endeavour On The Move To New Launch Pad - Central Florida News 13|

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

NASASpaceflight.com
Endeavour On The Move To New Launch Pad
Central Florida News 13|, FL
Endeavour left pad 39B around 3:15 am Sunday after being on standby during its sister shuttle Atlantis' recent Mission to Hubble. The shuttle is set to blast off on June 13 on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. ...
2 orbiters moving this week Florida Today
Things Moving Into High Gear At NASA Aero-News Network
Houston may catch glimpse of Atlantis en route to Fla. Houston Chronicle
Softpedia
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Space Station Image: A circle in thin ice in Lake Baikal, Russia - Space Ref (press release)

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Space Ref (press release)
Space Station Image: A circle in thin ice in Lake Baikal, Russia
Space Ref (press release)
ISS019-E-010556 (23 April 2009) --- A circle in thin ice in Lake Baikal, Russia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 19 crewmember on the International Space Station. Late in April 2009, astronauts aboard the station observed a ...

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Expedition 20 Crew Docks with the International Space Station - Space Ref (press release)

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Space Ref (press release)
Expedition 20 Crew Docks with the International Space Station
Space Ref (press release)
Expedition 20 will mark the start of six-person crew operations aboard the International Space Station. All five of the international partner agencies - NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), ...

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South Jersey Skies: The most difficult mission - Gloucester County Times - NJ.com

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

South Jersey Skies: The most difficult mission
Gloucester County Times - NJ.com, NJ
by Keith Johnson, for the Gloucester County Times In many ways, the recent visit to the Hubble Space Telescope by the Space Shuttle was the most difficult servicing mission of the four. For just one example, consider the Space Telescope Imaging ...
Atlantis Astronauts Install Ball Aerospace's WFC3 and COS Aboard ... Space Ref (press release)
Charleston Gazette-Mail: Hubble a science triumph Charleston Gazette
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Britain's first official astronaut Tim Peake defends sending … - Telegraph.co.uk

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Britain's first official astronaut Tim Peake defends sending ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
I would love to do a six month tour on the space station. "There is also the remote possibility that a European astronaut may get involved in lunar exploration in the future, which has to be a dream aspiration for me. "It was the Apollo missions in the ...

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