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SATELLITE AND SPACE SHUTTLE NEWS
CREW INSPECTS SHUTTLE AFTER LAUNCH, HEADS FOR SPACE STATION - As they head toward a rendezvous with the international space station, crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour are checking for any signs of damage after Monday's early morning launch.
Tuesday's routine inspection includes checks of the shuttle's protective thermal tiles. Cameras and lasers capture views of the shuttle's exterior, which NASA will inspect on Earth for any damage sustained during launch.
The shuttle will dock with the space station just after 12 a.m. Wednesday.
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SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR BLASTS OFF FOR SPACE STATION - The space shuttle Endeavour thundered into orbit into the predawn sky on Monday.
It was the second attempt to launch the Endeavour, 24 hours after Sunday’s attempt was scrubbed because of clouds over the launching pad. Clouds again encroached, but there were enough holes to allow the Endeavour to lift off on schedule at 4:14 a.m., a bright streak rising to the northeast along the East Coast. It was the 130th launching of a shuttle and likely the last night launching as the program winds down and ends after another four flights.
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ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH RESCHEDULED - Managers officially have scheduled space shuttle Endeavour's next launch attempt for Monday, Feb. 8 at 4:14 a.m. EST.
The Mission Management Team will meet at 6:15 p.m. Sunday to give the "go" to fill Endeavour's external fuel tank with propellants. Tank loading would begin at 6:45 p.m.
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"NO-GO" FOR ENDEAVOUR'S LAUNCH - Space shuttle Endeavour's launch attempt has been scrubbed due to a low cloud ceiling over Kennedy Space Center.
Managers initially plan for a 24-hour turnaround, but will evaluate tomorrow's weather before making a final decision. Next possible launch attempt is Monday, Feb. 8 at 4:14 a.m. EST.
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NEW WEATHER SATELLITE WILL IMPROVE FORECAST - As the Washington, D.C. area gets hit with a major winter storm this weekend, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is ready to launch the latest weather satellite into Earth orbit.
Known as GOES-P (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-P), the satellite was developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. GOES satellites provide the familiar weather pictures seen on television newscasts every day.
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COUNTDOWN CLOCK ON FOR SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR'S LAUNCH - NASA has begun counting down toward the planned predawn launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday.
Endeavour is poised to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday morning at 4:39 a.m. EST to deliver a brand-new room and observation portal to the International Space Station. The clocks began ticking down toward launch time early this morning.
"We're right on schedule, where we're supposed to be," said NASA test director Jeff Spaulding during a Thursday status briefing.
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STATION CREW PREPARES FOR DOCKING - The ISS Progress 36 (P36) unpiloted spacecraft launched at 10:45 p.m. EST Tuesday (9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Baikonur time), loaded with 1,940 pounds of propellant, 106 pounds of oxygen and air, 926 pounds of water and 2,683 pounds of spare parts and supplies.
On Thursday shortly before 11:30 p.m., P36 will dock automatically to the aft port of the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station using the Kurs docking system.
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SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE AT THE CAPE FOR LAUNCH - Ready to begin counting down to their blastoff aboard the space shuttle Endeavour this weekend, the six astronauts traveled from the Houston training base to the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday night. The crew flew to the Cape aboard a Gulfstream jet, landing at about 10:09 p.m. EST on the same runway Endeavour will use to conclude the spaceflight.
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LATEST FREIGHTER HEADS FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Before space shuttle Endeavour reaches the International Space Station, the outpost will receive an unmanned cargo-delivery freighter that successfully launched atop a Russian Soyuz rocket Tuesday night. Liftoff of the Progress craft occurred at 10:45 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a nine-minute ascent for the liquid-fueled rocket.
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IRAN LAUNCHES ROCKET CARRYING ANIMALS INTO ORBIT - Iran has launched a rocket into orbit carrying what state-owned Al-Alam televison report as an "experimental capsule".
The Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket is reportedly carrying a capsule with live animals including a rat, turtles and worms.
Footage shown on state television shows the rocket being fired from a launch pad.
President Ahmadinejad praised the launch of the satellite and the progress his country was making in its space programme.
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