Shuttle Discovery Crew Glad To Be Back On Ground
- June
- 16
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Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab.
Kelly and his crew accomplished everything they set out to do in orbit. They delivered and installed Japan’s Kibo lab, now [...]
Stroll historic cemetery by light of moon
- April
- 21
Greenwood Cemetery, established in 1880, is the final resting place of several of Orlando’s founding families, including Joseph Bumby, Mayor Mahlon Gore, Cassius Boone (great-grandson of Daniel Boone), Mayor James Parramore, Mayor Bob Carr, Mayor William Beardall, T.G. Lee, David Mayor Braxton Beacham, Elijah Hand, Carey Hand and Joe Tinker. [...]
Soyuz Capsule Carries Korean Astronaut
- April
- 16
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - As a Russian Soyuz spacecraft rose into the bright blue sky Tuesday, spectators held their breaths, South Koreans celebrated their first astronaut and the astronaut’s mother fainted.The flight itself — launched from the same pad that sent Yuri Gagarin and Sputnik into space — seemed flawless. The spacecraft lifted off within seconds [...]
SPACEISS Mission Puts First S. Korean Astronaut in Orbit
- April
- 13
Youngest Woman Ever in Space
A zipper broke Tuesday on the space suit of Sergei Volkov, 35, the commander of the Soyuz mission, but the suit passed a pressure test and he was cleared for flight.
The Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to deliver Volkov, cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, 43, and Yi So-yeon, a 29-year-old South Korean bioengineer, to [...]
Charlton Heston dies
- April
- 6
The Oscar-winning Heston, who was also president of the influential National Rifle Association lobbying group, died on Saturday night (local time) at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife Lydia at his side, the family said in a statement.
Heston had announced in 2002 that he was suffering symptoms of Alzheimers disease.
To his loving friends, [...]
Charlton Heston dies
- April
- 6
The Oscar-winning Heston, who was also president of the influential National Rifle Association lobbying group, died on Saturday night (local time) at his home in Beverly Hills with his wife Lydia at his side, the family said in a statement.
Heston had announced in 2002 that he was suffering symptoms of Alzheimers disease.
To his loving friends, [...]
WORLD amp; NATION AT HOME
- March
- 18
Spacewalking astronauts stepped outside last night to give
the space station’s new robot some eyes and a set of tools. It was the third spacewalk of shuttle Endeavour’s visit to the station, each one aimed at putting together Dextre, the giant robot. The last time astronauts floated out, Dextre got arms. This time, the robot was [...]
Spacewalkers Add Hands to Space Station
- March
- 14
But Pierre Jean, Canada’s acting space station program manager, said experts now believe the problem stems from a design flaw in the temporary cable that is supposed to provide power to Dextre until it is fully assembled.If that’s the case, Jean said, Dextre should have no trouble powering up once the astronauts finish putting it [...]
Spacewalk proceeds despite robot trouble
- March
- 14
But Pierre Jean, Canada’s acting space station program manager, said experts now believe the problem stems from a design flaw in the temporary cable that is supposed to provide power to Dextre until it is fully assembled.
If that’s the case, Jean said, Dextre should have no trouble powering up once the astronauts finish putting it [...]
Spacewalkers Add Hands to Space Station
- March
- 14
HOUSTON - Spacewalking astronauts added hands to a robot outside the international space station early Friday as experts on the ground devised a plan they hope will fix a problem getting power to the giant machine.The Canadian robot, named Dextre, needs to have power to heat its joints, limbs and electronics. The $200 million machine [...]
