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November 06, 2010

Hydrogen Leak Forces Fifth Delay To US Shuttle Launch

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Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach characterized the leak as "significant," similar to what was seen on last year's two shuttle missions. [...]
November 03, 2010

Electrical Glitch, Weather Threaten Shuttle's Thursday Launch

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John Raoux / AP NASA workers walk along a platform on the fixed service structure next to the space shuttle Discovery on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space [...]
November 08, 2010

NASA Delays Discovery Space Shuttle Launch Until End Of November (video)

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Last week, weather delays and a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak delayed the launch. Friday's shuttle delay occurred during the fueling process. [...]
November 03, 2010

Space Station Crew Marks Anniversary

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Then they had to get back to work to prepare for the arrival of space shuttle Discovery, tentatively scheduled to launch Thursday from Kennedy Space Center. [...]
November 05, 2010

Shuttle Launch Delayed Until Monday

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The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery has been delayed once again, to no earlier than 17:53 UT (12:53 Eastern US time; on Sunday clocks in the US turn [...]
November 05, 2010

Shuttle Launch Due As Storms Loom

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Nasa is to try to launch space shuttle Discovery on Thursday. Mission managers met on Wednesday afternoon and into the evening to discuss an electrical [...]
November 06, 2010

NASA Launch Space Shuttle Postponed For The Fourth Time

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NASA's new Space Shuttle launch Discovery has been postponed again until Monday because of a leak of hydrogen. NASA's planed launch of the new Space Shuttle [...]
November 04, 2010

NASA Gives A Thumbs Up For Thursday Shuttle Launch

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(November 3, 2010)--NASA says it will try to launch space shuttle Discovery on Thursday after mission managers met Wednesday afternoon and into the evening [...]
November 05, 2010

Hydrogen Vent Line Remains Connected

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A hydrogen vent line remains connected to the external tank of the Space shuttle Discovery, after scrubbing on launch pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center [...]
November 03, 2010

Humanoid Robot Set To Be Discovery Shuttle's Seventh Crew Member

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(NewsCore) - A humanoid robot will become the seventh crew member on board the Discovery shuttle, due to launch Thursday, in a first for space exploration. [...]
November 03, 2010

ISS Achieves Decade Of Continuous Habitation

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Two and possibly three shuttle missions remain, including the STS-133 mission scheduled for launch on board Discovery Nov. 3. Meanwhile, Congress and the [...]
November 05, 2010

Space Shuttle Discovery: Launch Scrubs And Cloudy Forecast For NASA

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"Discovery's not going out easy," said Mike Leinbach, the shuttle launch director, earlier in the week. "She's giving us a little bit of trouble, [...]
November 03, 2010

Event: Live Viewing Of Final Space Shuttle Discovery Launch

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OMSI will show the lift-off live via satellite on NASA TV in its planetarium beginning at 12:30pm, with the shuttle's launch scheduled at 1:40pm. [...]
November 09, 2010

Rockets Do The Launch Date Shuffle At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

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Space shuttle Discovery's launch is not the only one from Florida's Space Coast that has been rearranged. The launch of a Delta IV heavy rocket from Cape [...]
November 06, 2010

Space Shuttle Discovery Is Shown

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The Space Shuttle Discovery is shown on launch pad 39A, after a hydrogen leak forced a delay in launch, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, [...]
November 03, 2010

Glitch, Weather Threaten Shuttle Launch

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3 (UPI) -- A computer glitch and a forecast a bad weather are threatening Thursday's planned launch of space shuttle Discovery for its final mission, [...]
November 10, 2010

Delayed Launch Brings Disappointment

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The space shuttle Discovery stands on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the removal of the service structure in preparation [...]
November 04, 2010

Qantas Pulling Some Planes...Haitians Told To Evacuate...Thursday Shuttle ...

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(AP) — NASA will try Thursday afternoon to launch space shuttle Discovery. It would be its final voyage. But stormy weather could force another delay. [...]
November 03, 2010

Electrical Glitch Delays Final Discovery Launch Another Day

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If Discovery isn't off the ground by then, launch will slip to December 1, the opening of the year's final shuttle launch window. "We don't fly with unknown [...]
November 08, 2010

Discovery's Launch Delay Shouldn't Impact Schedule

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The delay of space shuttle Discovery's launch to the end of the month should not impact the overall schedule for the final missions of NASA's three-orbiter [...]
November 06, 2010

US Shuttle Launch Delayed Until End Of Month

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Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach characterized the leak as "significant," similar to what was seen on last year's two shuttle missions. [...]
November 03, 2010

LEGO In Space

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To commemorate the beginning of the partnership, the small LEGO shuttle will launch together with the crew of the space shuttle Discovery on its STS-133 [...]
November 03, 2010

NASA's 'Project M' Aims To Send Robot To The Moon

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As the world gears up for the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery tomorrow with a humanoid robot ("robonaut") on board, another group of NASA scientists [...]
November 03, 2010

Electrical Issues Push Discovery Shuttle Launch To Thursday

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"Rather than rush the shuttle launch team through an analysis and launch cycle quickly, Moses said he opted to let the engineers work throughout the night [...]
November 03, 2010

Space Shuttle Discovery Is Pictured

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The Space Shuttle Discovery is pictured on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 2, 2010. The scheduled November 3 [...]

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