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SHUTTLE STEERS CLOSER TO SPACE STATION FOR HOOKUP - Space shuttle Discovery's seven astronauts are steering ever closer to the international space station in preparation for their linkup. The shuttle will dock at the station Sunday night. After firing an engine Saturday afternoon to close the gap, the astronauts got ready to inspect their spaceship for signs of launch damage. NASA says it observed no fuel tank debris hitting the shuttle during Friday's midnight liftoff. But the shuttle's most vulnerable areas — the wings and nose — still need to be checked with lasers and cameras on a boom attached to the robot arm. It's standard procedure after a shuttle arrives in orbit.   More
(Source: The Associated Press - Aug 30)


DISCOVERY LIFTS OFF FOR SPACE STATION DISCOVERY LIFTS OFF FOR SPACE STATION - Lighting up the midnight sky, the space shuttle Discovery finally thundered to life late Friday after three launch delays and rocketed away on a 13-day mission to deliver critical supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. Running four days late because of bad weather and trouble with a hydrogen valve in the shuttle’s engine compartment, Discovery’s two solid-fuel boosters ignited with a crackling roar at 11:59 p.m., instantly pushing the spacecraft away from launch pad 39A atop twin torrents of 5,000-degree flame.   More
(Source: New York Times - Aug 29)


NASA TARGETING LATE FRIDAY FOR SHUTTLE LAUNCH TRY NASA TARGETING LATE FRIDAY FOR SHUTTLE LAUNCH TRY - NASA will try to launch space shuttle Discovery to the international space station late Friday night, after back-to-back delays caused by bad weather and fuel valve trouble. It will be the third try for NASA, which is still struggling to understand why a critical shuttle fuel valve appeared to malfunction Tuesday midway through the fueling process. The valve was tested Wednesday night, and all indications were that it was a problem with a sensor rather than the valve itself. The hydrogen fuel valve, a big 8-inch device, is located in Discovery's engine compartment.    More
(Source: The Associated Press - Aug 28)


DISCOVERY LAUNCH PUT OFF UNTIL LATE FRIDAY DISCOVERY LAUNCH PUT OFF UNTIL LATE FRIDAY - NASA on Thursday put off the planned launch of the space shuttle Discovery for a third time to give engineers more time to study tests on a liquid hydrogen valve, the space agency announced. The shuttle's liftoff -- originally set for Tuesday -- has been put off until 11:59 p.m. Friday, mission managers said. Two scheduled launch times were put off Tuesday, one due to bad weather and the other when a hydrogen valve failed to show up as closed on controllers' displays.    More
(Source: CNN - Aug 27)


SHUTTLE VALVE PASSES TROUBLESHOOTING TEST SHUTTLE VALVE PASSES TROUBLESHOOTING TEST - A suspect fuel valve on the space shuttle Discovery functioned correctly five times during launch pad tests on Wednesday, NASA said. The results mean there's still a chance that NASA will go ahead with a launch attempt at 12:22 a.m. ET Friday, but the decision won't be made until Thursday afternoon, just hours before the appointed time for liftoff.    More
(Source: MSNBC - Aug 27)


NASA SETS AUG. 28 FOR DELAYED LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY - NASA said it will probably launch the space shuttle Discovery Aug. 28 after a valve malfunction on the craft led the agency to abort today’s planned liftoff for a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. Engineers will use the next two days to check a liquid hydrogen valve that may have failed to close during preparations for today’s launch, NASA said yesterday in a media briefing streamed on its Web site.    More
(Source: Bloomberg - Aug 26)


SOUTH KOREA ROCKET TAKES OFF, SATELLITE LAUNCH FAILS - South Korea's first rocket launch failed to push a satellite into orbit but may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months after the communist nation's own launch drew international condemnation. Vice Science Minister Kim Jung-hyun told reporters Wednesday that one of two covers for the satellite apparently failed to come off, making it drop back toward Earth. The satellite is thought to have burned up while re-entering the atmosphere, he said.    More
(Source: Newsday - Aug 26)


NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH AGAIN DUE TO FAULTY VALVE NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH AGAIN DUE TO FAULTY VALVE - NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery today for the second time, due to a faulty valve, delaying the 13-day mission to the International Space Station. The liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, scheduled for 1:10 a.m. local time tomorrow, was scrubbed after a problem was discovered with the valve inside the shuttle, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on its Web site.    More
(Source: Bloomberg - Aug 26)


NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH DUE TO WEATHER NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH DUE TO WEATHER - NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery early today for 24 hours due to stormy weather, delaying the 13-day mission to the International Space Station. The liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, was put back to 1:10 a.m. local time tomorrow, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a broadcast on NASA Television.    More
(Source: Bloomberg - Aug 25)


NEW GLONASS-M SATELLITES HEAD TO PAD FOR SEPTEMBER 25 LAUNCH - The Russian Reshetnev Company has sent the first of three GLONASS-Ms satellites scheduled for a blast next month to the Baikonur spacedrome and launch pad in Uzbekhistan. Two more satellites will follow in late August and early September, and all will rise on September 25, according to plan.   More
(Source: GPS World magazine - Aug 25)

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