The shuttle Endeavor landed on Sunday at Kennedy Space Center after a 14-day mission intended to continue building the International Space Station. The shuttle, with six crew members aboard, landed safely at 22:20 (0320 GMT) completing the 130th mission of this kind conducted by NASA. One aim of this mission was the installation of a [...]
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Solar Dynamic Observatory science observation mission initially for 5 years
United States successfully launched Solar Dynamic Observatory observation mission for the five-year . On the 11th Feb. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida NASA’s “Solar Dynamic Observatory,” was successfully launched. The United States space agency said that it is by far the most advanced spacecraft for the study of the Sun and its dynamic [...]
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Low cloud ceiling forced NASA to postpone the launch of Endeavor
A low cloud ceiling on Sunday forced NASA, the U.S. space agency to postpone the launch of the shuttle Endeavor by 24 hours . The shuttle Endeavor suppose to take six astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS) . “We tried really up but the weather was too unstable and we were simply [...]
Jan
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Tweeting from Space
The internet has taken a giant leap. An American astronaut, the Expedition 22 flight engineer of International Space Station (ISS), TJ Creamer, sent for the first time a Twitter message from space on Friday, Jan 22, 2010. NASA described it as, The “ultimate wireless”. “Hi Twitterverse!” (pun in English between worlds “universe”, and Twitter), says [...]
Jan
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Internet and Twitter reached space
Direct Internet and Twitter on space :- The crew of the International Space Station obtained direct Internet access for the first time . U.S. astronaut Timothy Creamer for the first time sent a short message on Twitter from the International Space Station (ISS). “Hello Twitterverse!,” “We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station—the [...]
Jan
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First tweet live from space @ Astro_TJ
The astronauts of NASA can now live twittering from space. Previously astronaut TJ Creamer was sending messages indirectly through the control room on earth . “Technical Update was given by him twelve days ago when he said ,I hope soon to be twittering from space! “. Creamer was immediately nominated for the awards twitter Shorty. [...]
Jan
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2010
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Eventually access Internet in Space
Astronauts eventually have internet access in space. According to the website of NASA, “Astronauts on board the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week – personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection.” This is one giant leap for the Internet. Expedition 22 Flight Engineer [...]
Jan
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The last decade was the warmest since the late 19th century: NASA
NASA (U.S. Space Agency) informed on the basis of scientific records that from the late nineteenth century the decade which just ended is considered as warmest on the planet. Not only this, but the year 2009 was the second warmest on Earth’s surface since 1880, said the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), NASA informed [...]
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NASA launched WISE to Map the Universe
NASA’s desire to scan the unexplored cosmic objects around the Earth has taken a step ahead with the launch of WISE spacecraft. The Wide-field Infrared Survey or WISE, spacecraft is built with an infrared camera. The device detects objects that give off infrared light or heat. The infrared light detection helps uncover dusty, cold and [...]
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The space shuttle Atlantis headed for ISS For delivering spare parts
Space shuttle Atlantis with it crew of six astronauts lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:28 p.m. EST. Atlantis is carrying “critical” parts the space station may need to keep it from overheating. The spare parts delivered to the International Space Station by Atlantis during the STS-129 [...]