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Space shuttle Endeavour lands at California air base
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Space shuttle Endeavour landed safely Sunday afternoon at California's Edwards Air Force Base after NASA waved off two opportunities for a Florida landing because of poor weather.
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Space Shuttle launch: Atlantis readies for liftoff
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carrying a crew of six and some 14 tons of supplies for the International Space Station – is scheduled for launch Monday afternoon at 2:28 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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Astronauts Survey Shuttle for Damage After Launch
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Astronauts aboard Endeavour began inspecting the shuttle 's heat shield for possible damage after Wednesday's launch. Officials spotted some debris falling off during liftoff.
Nasa delays launch of space shuttle over Hydrogen Leak
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The space agency halted the countdown clock less than seven hours before the scheduled 7.17am lift-off from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after highly volatile hydrogen gas was found to be escaping from the external tank during the final stages of the fuelling process.
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Space shuttle Atlantis lands safely in California
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The space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven returned to Earth today, ending their successful Hubble space telescope repair mission in California after stormy weather prevented a return to Nasa's home base in Florida.
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NASA set for dramatic Shuttle Rescue
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As NASA prepares for its final service call to the Hubble Space Telescope, it's also preparing for something never attempted in the history of the shuttle program: a rescue operation so dramatic that Hollywood would be hard-pressed to come up with a more outlandish plot.
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NASA aborted launch of Space Shuttle after discovering a Hydrogen leak
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NASA yesterday aborted the scheduled launch of space shuttle Discovery after a leak in a gaseous hydrogen vent line.The hydrogen vent line. Launch Director Mike Leinbach explained yesterday that "the leak developed on the piping that runs from the fixed service structure, or launch tower, to a valve at the intertank section of the shuttle’s external tank"
