Wed, 17/06/2009 - 23:32 by Salinder Kumar
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- The U.S. space agency has moved its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite to their launch pad.
The two satellites rolled aboard an Atlas V rocket to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch pad Wednesday in preparation for a Thursday launch.
The spacecraft are scheduled to lift off together, with three launch windows available: at 5:12 p.m., 5:22 p.m. and 5:32 p.m. EDT. If the launch slips to Friday the launch opportunities would be at 6:41 p.m., 6:51 p.m. and 7:01 p.m. EDT, NASA said.
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Wed, 17/06/2009 - 19:34 by Inderjit Singh
Cape Canaveral -- Another fuel leak forced the U.S. space agency to again postpone the launch of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission to the International Space Station.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials said the leak discovered at 1:55 a.m. EDT Wednesday was associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the shuttle's external fuel tank and was similar to the leak that postponed Endeavour's originally scheduled launch Saturday.
"We're going to step back and figure out what the problem is and go fix it," Deputy Space Shuttle Program Manager LeRoy Cain said. "Once we get it fixed and we're confident that we have a solution that's going to work and allow us to go fly safely, then we'll proceed forward."
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Wed, 17/06/2009 - 18:17 by Jamie Anderson
Cape Canaveral, FL, June 17: The scheduled launch of space shuttle endeavor has been postponed by NASA again as the repaired external fuel tank that carries hydrogen gas away from the shuttle went bust again.
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Wed, 17/06/2009 - 13:16 by preet_20
Washington, June 17: US space agency NASA Wednesday postponed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour after technicians detected a hydrogen gas leak during fuelling just hours before scheduled lift-off.
The shuttle's launch had been set for 5.40 a.m. (0940 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida for a 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was to carry the final pieces to the Japanese Kibo module of the ISS.
The aborted launch followed a four-day delay caused by a similar leak of the potentially hazardous gas from an external fuel tank.
A new launch date was set for July 11, NASA officials said after the mission was called off Wednesday.
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Tue, 16/06/2009 - 23:32 by surajdogra
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- The U.S. space agency is preparing to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-O from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The liftoff of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-O satellite is targeted for June 16, during a 6:14 a.m. to 7:14 a.m. EDT launch window.
"Launching GOES-O will contribute the data needed for accurate NOAA forecasts for severe weather, including hurricanes that threaten at least 35 million Americans living in areas vulnerable to land-falling hurricanes," Steve Kirkner, GOES program manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center, said.
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Tue, 16/06/2009 - 02:29 by surajdogra
Houston -- NASA has awarded the DRI Commercial Corp. a contract to repair Johnson Space Center infrastructure in Houston.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, said the Irvine, Calif., company will perform roof repairs and roof ledge replacements at Johnson.
The $7.9 million nine-month contract has seven options that may be conducted concurrently.
NASA will receive approximately $1 billion in Recovery Act stimulus funding, of which $50 million is prioritized for restoring NASA-owned facilities damaged from hurricanes and other natural disasters that occurred during 2008.
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Tue, 16/06/2009 - 00:36 by Shruti Sharma
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour's next launch attempt has been set for 5:40 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
As a result of the shuttle re-scheduling, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater
Observation and Sensing Satellite will lift off together Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket Thursday. NASA officials say they have three launch windows that day at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida: 5:12 p.m., 5:22 p.m. and 5:32 p.m. EDT.
Endeavour's originally scheduled Saturday launch date was postponed because of a leak in its gaseous hydrogen venting system that carries excess hydrogen safely away from the launch pad.
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Mon, 15/06/2009 - 14:01 by Jamie Anderson
Cape Canaveral, FL, June 15: A leak linked to the gaseous hydrogen venting system has prompted NASA to delay the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour by a couple of days.
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Sat, 13/06/2009 - 18:04 by Inderjit Singh
Cape Canaveral -- A leaking hydrogen gas line has scrubbed Saturday's launch of the shuttle Endeavour, NASA officials said.
"Hydrogen is a commodity you just don't mess with," NASA Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach said.
The leak, discovered during fuel-loading operations, is similar to one that caused a four-day delay of the shuttle Discovery's launch last month, Florida Today reported.
The leak occurred near a plate that serves as a link between pipes from ground equipment and the external tank. Endeavour's external tank was drained early Saturday and must be cleansed of all hazardous gasses, which will take at least 24 hours, NASA said.
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Fri, 12/06/2009 - 00:07 by surajdogra
Wallops Island, Va., -- Weather concerns have prompted the U.S. space agency to reschedule the test launch of its Max Launch Abort System to no earlier than June 20.
The MLAS launch at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's flight facility on Wallops Island, Va., had been scheduled for June 15. The new June 20 launch window will extend from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT.
NASA officials said the unpiloted test of the 33-foot-high vehicle is part of an effort to design a system for safely propelling future spacecraft and crews away from hazards on the launch pad or during the climb to orbit. The system is an alternative concept to the launch abort system chosen for NASA's Orion crew capsule.
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Thu, 11/06/2009 - 00:15 by Salinder Kumar
Pasadena, Calif. -- Astronomers using the infrared capability of the U.S. space agency's Spitzer Space Telescope have found two newborn stars at the center of our galaxy.
The heart of the Milky Way spiral galaxy is cluttered with stars, dust and gas, and at its center, a supermassive black hole, National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists said. Conditions there are harsh, but astronomers have known stars can form in such chaotic space, however, until now nobody had been able to definitively locate any such baby stars.
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Wed, 10/06/2009 - 23:09 by surajdogra
Washington -- The U.S. space agency says it will fund an $8 million program designed to educate people about global climate change.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration project will offer cooperative agreements to higher education institutions, state and local agencies, federally recognized tribal government agencies, public school districts and non-profit organizations.
The program is expected to leverage NASA's climate and Earth system science to enhance students' academic experiences and improve educators' abilities to engage and stimulate their students, the space agency said, noting it will provide access to its NASA Earth observation data and NASA Earth system models.
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