DISCOVERY LANDS IN CALIFORNIA - Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew landed at 8:53 p.m. EDT Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, capping off a 14-day mission to deliver supplies and research facilities to the International Space Station and its six-person crew. Mission managers called off this afternoon’s landing opportunities at Kennedy Space Center in Florida because of thunderstorms and otherwise unstable weather conditions. More (Source: NASA - Sep 12)
BAD WEATHER DELAYS SPACE SHUTTLE LANDING AGAIN - The space shuttle Discovery was waved off from its first chance to land Friday afternoon because of unstable weather near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA said. The shuttle will make another orbit of Earth, while NASA mission managers watch to see if extreme moisture and lightning threaten a safe landing. More (Source: CNN - Sep 11)
JAPAN LAUNCHES NEW CARGO CRAFT TO SPACE STATION - The Japanese space agency launched a powerful new rocket Thursday carrying an unmanned space station cargo ship on a complex maiden voyage to deliver some 7,400 pounds of equipment and supplies to the orbital outpost. With four strap-on boosters gushing white-hot exhaust and a pair of hydrogen-fueled main engines roaring at full throttle, the H-2B rocket thundered away from launch pad 2 at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 1:01:46 p.m. EDT. More (Source: CNET News - Sep 11)
SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LANDING SCRUBBED FOR THURSDAY - The space shuttle Discovery will stay aloft another day after NASA mission managers scrubbed its second and final opportunity to land Thursday, citing bad weather near Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The next landing opportunity for Discovery will come shortly before 6 p.m. ET on Friday, officials said. That landing would also take place in Florida. More (Source: CNN - Sep 11)
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY PREPARES FOR RETURN TO EARTH - Space Shuttle Discovery astronauts began preparing their spacecraft for its planned Thursday landing as they wrap up a 13-day flight to the International Space Station. Mission Control roused the astronauts at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday with the song "Sailing" by Rod Stewart, a tune selected for Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang. More (Source: FOXNews - Sep 10)
JAPANESE SPACE STATION MISSION HOLDS MANY FIRSTS - Japan is planning to launch its most ambitious space mission Thursday, a flight that will not only usher in a new era for the country's domestic space program but also inaugurate an important new capability for the International Space Station. The long-awaited launch from the seashores of southern Japan will be a monumental moment for the Asian power's growing space industry. More (Source: Space Flight Now - Sep 10)
CLUES ABOUT MYSTERY PAYLOAD EMERGE SOON AFTER LAUNCH - A mysterious spacecraft whose mission is cloaked in secrecy left Cape Canaveral atop the hard-to-miss roar of its Atlas 5 rocket and then revealed a major clue about itself while cruising above a satellite-tracking hobbyist a short time later. The 19-story booster blasted off at 5:35 p.m. EDT, the first moment of the day's launch opportunity that punctuated a trouble-free countdown. More (Source: Space Flight Now - Sep 10)
SIRIUS XM ANNOUNCES SIRIUS FM-5 SATELLITE HAS BEEN PLACED INTO SERVICE - SIRIUS XM Radio announced today that SIRIUS FM-5, the newest addition to the SIRIUS XM satellite fleet, was recently placed into service on the SIRIUS network. The new satellite, which was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, provides improved signal penetration and reception to millions of SIRIUS subscribers nationwide. More (Source: Reuters - Sep 9)
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE ATLAS V SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES PAN SATELLITE - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, on behalf of the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, successfully launched the PAN satellite at 5:35 p.m. EDT, today from Space Launch Complex- 41 as a commercial launch service. This launch marks the 10th overall mission for ULA in 2009 and the third Atlas V mission of the year. More (Source: Reuters - Sep 9)
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