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NASA readies centers, new lunar science institute for return to moon

07 November 2007 -- Washington – With the International Space Station's Harmony module set for docking by the European and Japanese laboratories, and sections of the station's truss and solar arrays moved and working, Space Shuttle Discovery's crew returned to Earth November 7, the shuttle glinting in Florida's midday sun.    » read more »

07 November 2007 -- The crew of the space shuttle Discovery has returned to Earth after completing a more than two-week mission to the International Space Station. The astronauts performed crucial construction and repair work on the orbiter.

Commander Pamela Melroy and the crew of the shuttle Discovery ended their mission by flying east across the United States before touching down. NASA's Mission Control followed the shuttle as it came in to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.    » read more »

31 October 2007 -- NASA has delayed the fourth spacewalk of a complex two-week mission by U.S. space shuttle Discovery to boost the capability of the International Space Station. The walk, originally set for Thursday, is now scheduled for Friday. It will focus on a tear in one of the station's solar wings. Officials say fixing that problem is the mission's top priority.

NASA originally scheduled a spacewalk on Thursday to inspect a malfunctioning rotary joint on the right side of the station. The joint is needed to keep the station's solar wings turned toward the sun for power.    » read more »

30 October 2007 -- Astronauts have finished installing a solar power unit on the International Space Station Tuesday, during their third spacewalk.

Spacewalkers Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock helped guide astronauts inside the station as they used a robotic arm to install a 16,000 kilogram beam to the end of the station.

The beam's large solar panels will generate electricity for the addition of a European research laboratory in December.    » read more »

25 October 2007 -- The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter.

Space station crew members, led by Commander Peggy Whitson, welcomed Discovery Commander Pam Melroy and her crew when they boarded the station.

Whitson and Melroy are the first women in NASA history to lead two spacecraft at the same time.

Their crews united after pressure checks ensured the hatches between the spacecraft were safe to open, just two hours after Discovery docked.    » read more »

Oct. 23, 2007 -- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off Tuesday, Oct. 23, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:38 a.m. EDT to continue construction of the International Space Station.    » read more »

23 October 2007 -- The space shuttle Discovery has launched from Kennedy Space Center on a two-week mission to the International Space Station. The seven astronauts on Discovery will deliver a new module to expand the size of the international orbiter.

Light rain showers cleared just hours before the late morning launch of Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA spokesman George Diller monitored the launch sequence of Discovery, which carried seven astronauts and the Harmony module toward the International Space Station.    » read more »

08 October 2007 -- Engineers at a Russian-leased space launch site in Kazakhstan are making final preparations for the flight of Malaysia's first man in space. He will travel to the International Space Station with a Russian cosmonaut and a U.S. astronaut.

The Soyuz spacecraft is set for launch Wednesday from the Baikonur space center. It will carry Malaysian Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor into orbit along with astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.    » read more »

Sept. 18, 2007 -- HOUSTON - NASA will hold a pair of media briefings on Tuesday, Sept. 25, to preview the upcoming exchange of crews aboard the International Space Station.    » read more »

Newest module has ports that will link laboratories from Europe, Japan

14 September 2007 -- Washington -- In October -- the month that marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, and the space age -- space shuttle Discovery and its crew will begin a 13-day journey to the International Space Station.

The mission, STS-120, is scheduled for launch October 23 to continue construction of the orbital outpost, adding a U.S. module called Harmony, or Node 2, that will serve as a port for installing more international laboratories.    » read more »

Landing marks 30 years of space travel for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft

21 August 2007 -- Washington – Space shuttle Endeavour landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida August 21, completing a 12-day, nearly 8.5-million-kilometer mission (STS-118) that leaves the International Space Station about 60 percent complete.

Endeavour returned safely to Earth despite a gouge in one of the tiles on its underside that is part of the spacecraft’s heat shield.    » read more »

Aug. 20, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - NASA has selected Benham Constructors LLC of Oklahoma City to receive a contract to design, build and commission a vibration and acoustic test capability that will support development of the Orion crew exploration vehicle. Orion will carry astronauts to the International Space Station and back to the moon in the next decade.    » read more »

Aug. 20, 2007 -- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Endeavour crew, led by Commander Scott Kelly, is scheduled to complete a 13-day mission to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 21. The STS-118 mission began Aug. 8 and installed a new gyroscope, an external spare parts platform and another truss segment to the expanding station.    » read more »

20 August 2007 -- Mission controllers at the U.S. space agency NASA have cleared the space shuttle Endeavour for landing.

Officials say the decision, announced Monday, resulted from a review of imagery and data collected Sunday as the shuttle departed the International Space Station.

Endeavour's first opportunity to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be at midday Tuesday.

Officials decided to land the shuttle a day sooner than planned in order to avoid possible weather problems from hurricane Dean.    » read more »

19 August 2007 -- The U.S. space agency says the shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station in preparation for an earlier-than-expected landing.

The shuttle is set to land on Tuesday, a day earlier than scheduled, at the U.S. spaceport in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA officials say they want to land the shuttle early in case Hurricane Dean threatens the Houston control center, which directs all shuttle operations.

The powerful storm with 230-kilometer per hour winds is battering Jamaica and is forecast to move through the Gulf of Mexico later this week.    » read more »