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NASA: Space Shuttle Discovery Is Ready for Thursday Launch

NASA's shuttle Discovery is fit as a fiddle for its planned launch tomorrow (Feb. 24), setting the stage for the spacecraft's final trip to the International Space Station, space agency ...

 

NASA scrambling to plan vital space station repairs

NASA engineers are working around-the-clock to firm up plans to send astronauts on two emergency spacewalks outside the International Space Station to repair a serious cooling system failure.

 

Shuttle Discovery lifts off for space station

Shuttle Discovery lifts off for space station

Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard blasted off on Monday on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the International Space Station.

 

NASA scrubs space shuttle launch

A potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak cropped up during the fueling of space shuttle Endeavour today and forced NASA to postpone the launch by at least four days.

 

NASA names cosmic treadmill after Colbert

NASA names cosmic treadmill after Colbert

What do you do when you're NASA and comedian Stephen Colbert wins your contest to name the new wing for the International Space Station?

 

Satellite debris passes close to space station

Floating debris from a satellite forced the crew of the international space station to retreat to a safety capsule Thursday, according to a NASA news release.

 

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