NASA News, Apr 18, 2012

Space zucchini blogs about life and times in orbit Fox News Don Pettit/NASA April 3, 2012: A zucchini sprout begins to grow aboard the International Space Station. From Don Pettit's blog: "I am zucchini — and I am in space."Don Pettit/NASA April 3, 2012: A zucchini sprout grows with four leaves aboard the ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA Brings Wonder of Space Station to North Carolina MarketWatch (press release) HOUSTON, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Media opportunities are available in Raleigh, Durham and Fayetteville, NC, as NASA shares the accomplishments, promise and opportunities for research aboard the International Space Station in North ... See all stories on this topic »

Is humanity quietly abandoning a future in space? Reuters After flying its last mission into space last year, the shuttle Discovery arrived Tuesday at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC, atop aNASA 747 to enter the National Air and Space Museum at its giant Udvar-Hazy facility in suburban ... See all stories on this topic »

Space zucchini's life blogged by astronaut msnbc.com A zucchini plant growing on the International Space Station is not only forging new scientific territory, but is winning the hearts of its human crewmates. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, currently midway through a five-month stay on the orbiting laboratory ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

SpaceX flight set to make history this month, after NASA shuttle's retirement Alaska Dispatch The upcoming SpaceX mission represents a “historic launch,” notes Michael Suffredini, NASA's space station program manager. The event is billed as a demonstration mission. Still, for the space-station program, a successful conclusion would mark the ... See all stories on this topic »

Private space mission one step closer UPI.com Credit: NASA/Cory Huston CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 18 (UPI) -- SpaceX has crossed another milestone to have the first privately built and funded spacecraft mission to the InternationalSpace Station, NASA officials say. NASA officials met Monday with ... See all stories on this topic » UPI.com

Museum of Flight The Seattle Times While national attention Tuesday focused on the last flight of the spaceshuttle Discovery, a Seattle museum offered a look at part of what it is receiving from NASA, a space-station mock-up called the "full fuselage trainer." By Jack Broom On its last ... See all stories on this topic »

Private company's first space station visit on track Sioux Falls Argus Leader AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A private US company is on track to become the first commercial visitor to the International Space Station.NASA said Monday there's a good chance that Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, will make its April ... See all stories on this topic »

Video: Discovery shuttle lands in DC msnbc.com (Scott Audette / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Astronaut Stephen Robinson, anchored to a foot restraint on the International Space Station's Canadarm2, participates in the mission's third spacewalk on Aug. 3, 2005. (NASA via AP) Share Back to ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

AP PHOTOS: A look at Discovery's notable journeys Albany Times Union 26, 2011 photo provided by NASA a cloud-covered part of Earth is a background, as space shuttle Discovery is featured in an image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS-133 ... See all stories on this topic »

Space shuttle Discovery takes victory laps in DC ABC7Chicago.com For at least the next three to five years -- until commercial passenger craft are available in the United States -- NASAastronauts will have to hitch rides aboard Russian Soyuz capsules to get to the International Space Station. See all stories on this topic » ABC7Chicago.com

End of shuttle era could usher in new space age: NASA chief msnbc.com NASA delivered the space shuttle Discovery to its new home in Washington, DC Tuesday, marking the true beginning of the end to the agency's venerable shuttle program. But more than 1600 miles away, NASA's chief heralded the beginning of a new age of ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

SpaceX's Dragon Set for Space Station Journey Sci-Tech Today By Marcia Dunn All is well with SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, and an April 30 flight to the International Space Station is on track, NASA says. NASA has paid $381 million to SpaceX to get this far, under its post-shuttle push for commercially provided ... See all stories on this topic » Sci-Tech Today

Dragon Expected to Set Historic Course Space Ref (press release) Image credit: NASA/Cory Huston The upcoming launch of a SpaceX spacecraft and rocket on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station is expected to cross a key milestone on the path to operational, commercial missions. See all stories on this topic » Space Ref (press release)

Canadarm2 To Catch SpaceX's Dragon On Its Maiden Voyage To The ISS RedOrbit Once Dragon is cleared for capture, Canadarm2 will perform a cosmic catch: it will grapple the capsule and install it on thespace station. With NASA astronaut Don Pettit and EuropeanSpace Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers at the helm, Canadarm2 will ... See all stories on this topic » RedOrbit

Photos of the Day: A look at Discovery's Notable Journeys Product Design & Development (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) In this March 7, 2011 image provided by NASA the space shuttle Discovery is seen from the International Space Station as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation after an aggregate of 12 astronauts and ... See all stories on this topic » Product Design & Development

Space shuttle will be hoisted from plane in crane ballet msnbc.com The two aircraft flew from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral to the Dulles International Airport early Tuesday to deliver Discovery to the Smithsonian, where it will end its days as a museum exhibit. Wednesday, the retired shuttle orbiter ... See all stories on this topic »

SpaceX Is "Go" for First ISS Visit Popular Mechanics Yesterday NASA gave SpaceX the green light for a planned April 30 launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. If it works, SpaceX will become the first private company to send a craft to the space station, and will be one step closer to ... See all stories on this topic » Popular Mechanics

Shuttles become museum pieces Ottawa Citizen While it hopes to resume manned space flight around 2017 once it has re-engineered some of its unmanned rockets, in the short term the US has been left totally dependent on Russia for transport to and from the International Space Station. NASA retains ... See all stories on this topic »

Shuttle Discovery's last flight The Hill (blog) The Agency also plans to rely on commercial partners for crew and cargo transportation to the International Space Station. These programs are still in development. While I am hopeful that these companies will be successful, I worry that NASA is placing ... See all stories on this topic »

NASA Television Airs Movements of Space Station Cargo Ships Space Ref (press release) NASA Television will broadcast the departure of one Russian Progress cargo ship from the International Space Station (ISS) and the arrival of another beginning on Thursday, April 19. ISS Progress 46, which arrived at the station in January and has been ... See all stories on this topic »

SpaceX given green light for first launch to space station Wired.co.uk By Jason Paur SpaceX and Nasa are moving ahead with the scheduled 30 April launch date of the Dragon spacecraft and its historic docking with the International Space Station after the flight readiness review was approved at the Johnson SpaceCenter in ... See all stories on this topic » Wired.co.uk

Shuttle Discovery CNET (blog) Hitched to the back of a NASA 747 jumbo jet, the Shuttle Discovery today made its final flight, going from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to Dulles International Airport en route to its new home at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's nearby ... See all stories on this topic »

Why 'Space Madness' Fears Haunted NASA's Past Space.com When astronauts first began flying in space, NASA worried about "spacemadness," a mental malady they thought might arise from humans experiencing microgravity and claustrophobic isolation inside of a cramped spacecraft high above the Earth. See all stories on this topic »

Space Shuttle Discovery Draws Eyes to Sky for Final Flight PBS NewsHour NASA's space shuttle Discovery captivated people in and around the nation's capital Tuesday as it flew piggy-back on a 747 over the Capitol en route on its last landing at Dulles International Airport. Gwen Ifill and Valerie Neal, a curator at the ... See all stories on this topic »

SpaceX gets the green light for mission to ISS SlashGear SpaceX has been getting ready for its first mission to the international space station for months now. SpaceX is going to be the first private spacecraft to dock with the ISS after receiving the green light from NASA for a scheduled launch on April 30. See all stories on this topic » SlashGear

NASA Television to Air Space Station Cargo Ships | Latest Space ... By Robert Brand HOUSTON, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA Television will broadcast the departure of one Russian Progress cargo ship from the International Space Station (ISS) and the arrival of another beginning on Thursday, April 19. ISS Progress 46, which arrived at the station in January and has been filled with trash for disposal, will undock from the Pirs docking... Celebrating the past, living the present and promoting the future of Space– Space News. CommentsPosts ... Latest Space News - Echoes of Apollo

NASA 2013 budget has $1.48 B for heavy-lift rocket, Hutchison says ... By Lee Roop, The Huntsville Times "We also provide commercial crew with a $119 million increase over last year to allow NASA to select at least two competitors that could provide access to the International Space Station by 2017." Hutchison released her statement as the appropriations subcommittee opened a session to "mark up" or write the 2013 ... More stories in Space News from The Huntsville Times. Previous story. NASA pilot carrying Discovery, on seeing spaceshuttle over Huntsville decades ago: 'It was ... an ... Space News from The Huntsville Times

NASA Moves Large Equipment on Interstate 565 Overnight | WHNT ... By Ty Watwood NASA moved a large piece of equipment to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center early Wednesday morning, and took another back to Marshall Space Flight Center. The mock up boat tail of the orbiter, basically the cover on the back end of the ... WHNT.com -- Huntsville News &...

Let's support space science programs | TheGazette By The Gazette Opinion Staff Think of it this way: For less than the price of the bailout, we have paid for all the moon landings, all the astronauts, the missions to Mars, the Hubblespace telescope, the International Space Station, all 10 NASA centers, the Kepler observatory, ... TheGazette

NASA Budget: New Year, Same Old Senate at Parabolic Arc By Doug Messier Stretching out the program would extend the time during which NASA is dependent on Russia for crew transport to and from the international space station, she said. The Senate's actions make little sense. They're spending nearly $3 billion on ... Parabolic Arc

Visual glance at Discovery's journey | AAJ News By Monitoring Desk AAJ NEWS | Pakistan Ki Awaz ... It dispatched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, flew the first shuttle rendezvous to Russia's Mir space station and carried the first female shuttle pilot in 1995. John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, got a second ride into space aboard Discovery in 1998. Discovery got NASA flying again, in 1988 and 2005, following the Challenger and Columbia disasters. And it flew 13 times to the space station, more than any other craft. On its last trip last ... AAJ News

Channel 6 News » NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery makes final ... By BNO News CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) -- NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery went on its final voyage on Tuesday, a piggy-back ride on top of a modified Boeing 747 carrier jet from Cape Canaveral in Florida to an airport near the nation's capital. Discovery, which flew a record 39 space missions... The spacecraft also completed the first space shuttle rendezvous and the final shuttle docking with the Russian space station Mir. The STS-133 mission to the ISS space station was ... Channel 6 News

Robo-Glove Offers Tool Users a Stronger Grip | ENR: Engineering ... The Robo-Glove is an offshoot of Robonaut 2, a GM/NASA-developed humanoid assistant currently being used aboard the International Space Station, and has been in development for about 18 months. Powered by off-the-shelf lithium-ion ... Top Stories from ENR.com

NASA - NASA Television to Air Movements of Space Station Cargo ... NASA Television will broadcast the departure of one Russian Progress cargo ship from the International Space Station (ISS) and the arrival of another beginning on ... NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by ... www.nasa.gov/home/.../M12-069_ISS_Progress_Coverage.ht...

NASA TV will air movements of space station cargo ships this week ... Progress 46, which arrived in January is now full of trash for disposal, will undock from the Pirs docking compartment Thursday at 6:03 a.m. CDT. blog.al.com/space.../04/nasa_tv_will_air_movements_of.html

NASA News Conference with Space Station Crew Members ... NASA News Conference with Space Station Crew Members. Category: Aeronautics and Astronautics. Event Format: Media Opportunity. Date: Wednesday, April ... www.spaceref.com/calendar/calendar.html?pid=7341

NASA clears SpaceX for cargo run to space station - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Monday cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to ... news.yahoo.com/nasa-clears-spacex-cargo-run-space-station-2...

Ufo news - Ufos near NASA space station on Russia Today Live ... Ufo news - Ufos near NASA space station on Russia Today Live. Im quite sure this footage of the ufos near the International Space Station is old but regardless it ... www.realufos.net/.../ufo-news-ufos-on-nasa-space-station-on.h...

NASA to launch private space craft for cargo run to space station ... NASA on Monday cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to the International Space Station that is scheduled to launch ... www.dailymail.co.uk/.../NASA-launch-private-space-craft-car...

Space Station Astronauts Ready to Welcome 1st Private Cargo Ship ... The space station crewmembers have been busy preparing for the arrival of... Expedition 30 commander Dan Burbank of NASA, flight engineer Don Pettit of NASA ... of their mission on the International Space Station in anews briefing on April ... www.space.com/15249-space-station-astronauts-spacex-launch...

NASA clears SpaceX for cargo run to space station - e! Science News CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Monday cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to the International ... esciencenews.com/.../nasa.clears.spacex.cargo.run.space.station

Private company's 1st space station visit on track The Associated Press ... NASA said Monday there's a good chance thatSpace Exploration ... What's new is getting the supply ship to the space station. www.ajc.com/.../private-companys-1st-space-1419123.html

NASA Brings Wonder of Space Station to North Carolina - KFVS12 ... KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar BluffNASABrings Wonder of Space Station to North Carolina. SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY ... www.kfvs12.com/.../nasa-brings-wonder-of-space-station-to-n...

NASA/SpaceX launch, mission to space station slated - Aerotech ... Following the completion of NASA's flight readiness review, the second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services ... www.aerotechnews.com/.../nasaspacex-launch-mission-to-spac...

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