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Space shuttle lands in California after detour

World
2009-9-12

SPACE shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts took a cross-country detour and landed safely in California yesterday after stormy weather prevented them from returning home to Florida for the second day in a row. ...

Space shuttle reaches space station for 9-day stay

World
2009-8-31

US space shuttle Discovery arrived at the International Space Station yesterday with food, equipment and new lab gear for the orbital outpost. After nearly two days of traveling following its launch late Friday...

Thunderstorms force launch delay for space shuttle

World
2009-8-25

THUNDERSTORMS have forced NASA to call off space shuttle Discovery's launch. The storms popped up late yesterday all around the launch site, and lightning lit up the sky. A lightning strike was reported just five...

Shuttle Endeavour mission delayed again by weather

World
2009-7-14

LIGHTNING strikes and thunderstorms near the seaside launch pad forced NASA yesterday to delay yet again the launch of shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station. "The weather has just bitten...

US space shuttle ready to deliver Japanese porch

World
2009-7-11

NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station today to deliver a Japanese porch and spare parts needed to keep the outpost going after the shuttle fleet's retirement next year....

Vast exhibition space for New York

World
2009-6-5

THE Discovery Channel and the production company Running Subway have teamed up to create a Times Square exhibition space for blockbuster experiential shows such as "Titanic" and "Tutankhamun." It will be known...

Obama picks ex-astronaut Bolden to lead NASA

World
2009-5-24

US President Barack Obama will name former space shuttle commander Charles Bolden to lead NASA, the White House said yesterday, in the midst of a major shift in the US human space program. Bolden, 62, a retired...

Discovery returns from space safely

World
2009-3-30

SPACE Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday after a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra...

Shuttle Discovery lands safely in Florida

World
2009-3-29

THE US space shuttle Discovery touched down yesterday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ending its 13-day mission to the International Space Station. Discovery, with seven astronauts aboard, landed at 3:14pm...

Shuttle Discovery closes in on space station

World
2009-3-17

THE space shuttle Discovery closed in on the International Space Station yesterday while astronauts scoured the ship's heat shield for signs of damage from Sunday's launch. The shuttle was due to arrive at the...