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Last Space Shuttle night launch and the end of the USA manned space program in 2010
16 hours ago ago from About Mobility
Space Shuttle Endeavor lists off from laucn pad 39A Yesterday Feb 8, 2010 was the last scheduled Space Shuttle night launch. STS-130 on board Endeavour. Night launches are spectacular. I should have made plans to go see that. Next there are 5 missions left for the space shuttle fleet. And not only the space shuttle program has been canceled, our moon program has been canceled as well, without any real plan behind it except ...
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11 hours ago ago from Space Toys Space News
by James Bacchus The current mission of the space shuttle Endeavour will complete the last unfinished part of the International Space Station. With only four more shuttle launches remaining before the retirement of the shuttle fleet at yearend, the latest launch heralds the approaching end of an era for American space exploration. Back on earth, President Obama's proposed budget for the space program envisions a radical redesign of ...
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11 hours ago ago from Space Toys Space News
nytimes President Obama has called for scrapping NASA’s once-ambitious program to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 as a first step toward reaching Mars. That effort, begun by former President George W. Bush, is behind schedule and its technology increasingly outdated. Mr. Obama is instead calling on NASA to develop “game-changing” technologies to make long-distance space travel cheaper and faster, a prerequisite for reaching ...
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5 hours ago ago from MojoSimon Says
The Obama Administration last week announced elimination of NASA’s moon program and sweeping cuts to other NASA programs. The stated goal is not to gut NASA, but to shift funding and operations from government to the private sector. There is precedent for private sector space programs. Russia’s space program is subsidized by private funding. The Ansari X Prize resulted in the development of two private space travel companies Richard Branson’s ...
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11 hours ago ago from 62 Mile Club
Source: Huffington Post Dr. Buzz Aldrin Thank you, Mr. President. That's what we should say to President Barack Obama in light of his Fiscal Year 2011 space budget for NASA. The President courageously decided to redirect our nation's space policy away from the foolish and underfunded Moon race that has consumed NASA for more than six years, aiming instead at boosting the agency's budget by more than $1 billion ...
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Shuttle Brings Space Station a Room With a View
9 hours ago ago from Aol News
Shuttle Brings Space Station a Room With a View Updated: 45 minutes ago E-mail More (Feb. 9) Real estate agents might call it a cozy home for six in need of some updating. There's that toilet on the fritz, a dearth of windows and a need for a little more space to exercise. Starting today, the International Space Station will get all those fixes and when you count on your toilet to turn waste into ...
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3 hours ago ago from CNN - Tech
Endeavour docks with international space station STORY HIGHLIGHTS Shuttle docked at 12:06 a.m. ET, according to the Johnson Space Center in Houston Endeavour lifted off from Kennedy Space Center early Monday The two-week mission will include three spacewalks RELATED TOPICS (CNN) -- The space shuttle Endeavour docked with the international space station early Wednesday, completing a ...
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3 hours ago ago from FOX Business
Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home / Markets Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Shuttle Endeavour Docks With International Space Station  Dow Jones Newswires  CAPE CANAVERAL ( AFP )--The space shuttle ...
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20 hours ago ago from CNN - Tech
Crew inspects shuttle after launch, heads for space station Endeavor lights up the early morning sky at Kennedy Space Center on Monday just after liftoff. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Endeavor crew checking for damage after Monday's early morning launch Tuesday's routine inspection includes checks of the shuttle's protective thermal tiles Shuttle carrying key pieces for the international space station ...
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