Sub-Topics Endeavor 2008 Also Try Astronomy Archives Nanotechnology Space Stations and Shuttles News -06-20-05 Group to Launch Solar Sail Orbiter (ABC News) "The world's first solar sail spacecraft takes flight on Tuesday, launched by space enthusiasts who cobbled the privately funded mission together on $4 million and an untested theory that light can power limitless space exploration." 6-05 -06-27-05 Commission: NASA Fails on Safety (BBC News) "The US space agency (Nasa) has failed to meet tough safety recommendations issued after the Columbia shuttle break-up in 2003, experts say." "The independent Stafford-Covey Commission said risk remained that pieces of foam and ice could break off and hit the shuttle at lift-off." "It also said the orbiter had not been sufficiently hardened and it lacked an in-flight repair system." 6-05 -06-27-05 NASA: Possible Fireworks on the Fourth (CBS News) "NASA hopes to shoot off its own celestial sparks in an audacious mission that will blast a stadium-sized hole in a comet half the size of Manhattan. It would give astronomers their first peek at the inside of one of these heavenly bodies." 6-05 -07-04-05 NASA Strikes Comet (CNN News) "A NASA space probe slammed into a comet early Monday, capping a six-month mission that researchers hope will give them new clues about the birth of our solar system." 7-05 -07-04-05 NASA Strikes Comet (International Herald Tribune) "On Sunday night, NASA fired a 3-foot-wide, 820-pound copper barrel directly into the path of a 9-mile-long, potato-shaped comet by the name of Tempel 1. The two successfully collided at 23,000 mph while a mother craft photographed the action from a safe distance and sent the pictures home to us." "Beneath the dirty ice crust of a comet like Tempel 1 is material that has been in deep-freeze since the birth of our solar system. Mixed into this timeless frozen treat are organic molecules like those that seeded the young Earth with raw materials for making life. That ice may hold some buried chapters of the story of our origin." 7-05 -07-30-05 Discovery Crew Test Repair Kits (CNN News) "None of the repair kits flying on Discovery could mend a hole the size of the one responsible for Columbia's catastrophic re-entry, estimated between 6 and 10 inches across. It could be years before engineers come up with such a big patch. For now the largest hole that any of the repair methods aboard Discovery could tackle would be 4 inches." 7-05 -09-30-05 "Flight Participant" Takes Off for the International Space Station (BBC News) "Fare-paying 'space tourist' Gregory Olsen has blasted off on a Russian Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station." "His rocket streaked into the clear blue sky at Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch site at 0955 local time (0355GMT)." "The US businessman and scientist is taking a 10-day trip to the ISS. He is the third person to holiday there." 9-05 Missions News (KidsAstronomy.com) Provides information on the latest space missions, discoveries, and achievements each day. 11-00. NASA Space Flight News (NASA) NASA Space Mission News - Live (United Space Alliance) Provides the stories and pictures of the latest NASA news events. News on Space Shuttle Missions (NASA) Provides news on the latest space missions. 8-05 Papers Collins, Eileen (NASA) Provides a profile of the female astronaut. "Collins was the first woman pilot of a Space Shuttle." 4-02 Jemison, Mae C. (TopBlacks.com) Provides a picture and biography of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black female astronaut and the first black female in space. 1-05 Kennedy Space Center (NASA) Provides information on space flights. New Spaceship Design (NASA) "Before the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will again explore the surface of the moon. And this time, we're going to stay, building outposts and paving the way for eventual journeys to Mars and beyond. There are echoes of the iconic images of the past, but it won't be your grandfather's moon shot." 02-06 Next Giant Leap in Science (NASA) "When it comes to taking the next 'giant leap' in space exploration, NASA is thinking small -- really small." "In laboratories around the country, NASA is supporting the burgeoning science of nanotechnology. The basic idea is to learn to deal with matter at the atomic scale -- to be able to control individual atoms and molecules well enough to design molecule-size machines, advanced electronics and "smart" materials." 1-04 Ride, Sally (NASA) Provides a short biography. 8-02 SpaceX Launched, Then Lost (MSNBC News) "After four years of work, three launch delays and $100 million in dot-com cash, SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket rose from its Pacific launch pad on Friday, but was lost moments later." "Space enthusiasts around the world had looked forward to what SpaceX, also known as Space Exploration Technologies, billed as the world's first all-new orbital launch vehicle in more than a decade." 9-05 Spaceship One - First Private Flight into Space (CBS News) "The first private manned rocket to reach space soared toward the edge of the atmosphere again in an unexpectedly bumpy ride Wednesday in the first half of a bid to earn a $10 million prize." 7-04 Spaceship One - First Private Suborbital Flight (CNN News) "The man who became the first person to pilot a privately built craft into space called his flight 'almost a religious experience' after his safe landing Monday morning." 7-04 Spaceship One Sets Altitude Record (CNN News) "SpaceShipOne achieved its most spectacular flight yet, climbing to an altitude of 364,000 feet (70 miles), eight miles beyond what was needed to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize." "X Prize officials said it set an altitude record exceeding the military X-15's top altitude of 354,200 feet (67 miles) set on August 22, 1963." 10-04

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