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Maiden Atlas 3 launch delayed to Tuesday
Lockheed Martin announced this morning it would postpone the debut launch of the Atlas 3A rocket until no earlier than Tuesday afternoon from Cape Canaveral, Florida. See our Mission Status Center for the latest news.
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Atlantis docks to space station to begin repair effort
Veteran commander James Halsell guided the space shuttle Atlantis to a gentle, on-time docking with the 35-ton International Space Station today as the two spacecraft sailed high above central Asia.
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Rock bands seen on asteroid
Images of asteroid Eros returned by NEAR Shoemaker show that many of the space rock's craters have striking brightness patterns on their walls.
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Saturday:
May 20, 2000 | |
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Atlantis bound for station
Shuttle Atlantis made a spectacular dawn launch Friday on a much-anticipated maintenance mission to the fledgling International Space Station. Rendezvous between the two craft is planned Saturday night. Follow the flight in our Mission Status Center.
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Maiden voyage of Atlas 3 rocket reset for today
Hoping the fourth time is the charm, Lockheed Martin will try again today to launch its inaugural Atlas 3A rocket -- the first American booster to be powered by a Russian-made engine. Follow the countdown and launch in the Mission Status Center.
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NEAR Shoemaker orbiting a groovy asteroid
Images returned by NEAR Shoemaker show that Eros, like a number of other asteroids and asteroid-like moons, has a surface cut by linear troughs called "grooves."
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Los Alamos fire imaged by NASA's Terra satellite -- The fire that has raged out of control this month near Los Alamos, New Mexico, was captured in a series of images by the Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (MISR) on NASA's Terra satellite.
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Friday:
May 19, 2000 | |
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Shuttle Atlantis launches on space station mission
Shuttle Atlantis made a spectacular dawn launch from Florida Friday on a much-anticipated maintenance mission to the fledgling International Space Station. Follow the flight in our Mission Status Center.
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VIDEO: ATLANTIS LAUNCHES AT SUNRISE
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Galileo sees volcanic displays on Jovian moon Io
Detailed analysis of Jupiter's moon Io reveals a colorful, active world full of surprises, according to five reports published on Friday, and based on new results from NASA's Galileo spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope.
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XMM-Newton peeks through Lockman hole
To demonstrate the remarkable ability of XMM-Newton to discover faint X-ray sources, a series of observations is being made in the area known as the 'Lockman hole' in the Ursa Major constellation.
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New GOES-11 weather satellite snaps first image -- The United States' newest weather satellite, GOES-11, has sent back its first image from space. The craft was successfully launched into space on May 3 from Cape Canaveral.
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Thursday:
May 18, 2000 | |
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Glitch stalls maiden voyage of Atlas 3 rocket
The inaugural launch of Lockheed Martin's Atlas 3A rocket was postponed Wednesday night due to a technical problem. A new launch date has not been set. Read our extensive description of the scrubbed countdown in the Mission Status Center.
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NASA ready to attempt Atlantis launch again
Shuttle Atlantis is poised for a dawn launch Friday on a much-anticipated maintenance mission to the fledgling International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for minutes before sunrise along Florida's Atlantic coast.
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Chandra provides evidence for vigorous starbursts
Using NASA's Chandra observatory, astronomers have made the first long-duration X-ray survey of the Hubble Deep Field North. They detected X-rays from six of the galaxies in the field, and were surprised by the lack of X-rays from some of the most energetic galaxies.
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X-33 aerospike engine test aborted early by faulty seal -- A recent test firing of the linear aerospike engine that will power the X-33 technology demonstrator was terminated 35 seconds early when a flexible seal that prevents hot exhaust gas from circulating into the engine cavity began to erode.
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Wednesday:
May 17, 2000 | |
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Winds aloft scrub maiden voyage of Atlas 3 rocket
Lockheed Martin officials were forced to cancel Tuesday's attempt to launch the inaugural Atlas 3A rocket from Cape Canaveral due to unacceptable wind shears at high altitudes. Follow today's rescheduled countdown and launch in our Mission Status Center and live streaming video broadcast.
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Atlantis launch delayed
NASA will have to wait until Friday morning, one day later than planned, to launch Atlantis after Lockheed Martin slipped its maiden Atlas 3A rocket launch to Wednesday. The Air Force needs time to rest systems between the launches, causing the shuttle delay. Follow the countdown to liftoff in our Mission Status Center.
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Mars rover tested this week in Nevada desert
NASA is testing a prototype Mars rover, the Field Integrated Design and Operations (FIDO) rover, this week as part of ongoing field tests designed to simulate robotic driving conditions on the Red Planet.
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Boulders seen on asteroid
Low-orbit images of Eros taken by NEAR Shoemaker have shown an amazing abundance of boulders of all sizes strewn across the asteroid's surface.
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Tuesday:
May 16, 2000 | |
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Maiden voyage of Atlas 3 rocket delayed to Tuesday
History will have to wait another day. Monday's launch of the inaugural Atlas 3A rocket -- the first American launcher powered by a Russian-made engine -- was scrubbed due to a faulty tracking radar. Follow Tuesday's countdown and launch in our Mission Status Center and live streaming video broadcast.
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Rockot test launch successful
EUROCKOT and Russia's Khrunichev today announced the successful Commercial Demonstration Flight of their ROCKOT launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia, using the new commercial BREEZE KM upper stage for the first time.
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Galileo to make close flyby of Ganymede this week
NASA's Galileo space probe will make a close encounter with Jupiter's moon Ganymede this week. This will be Galileo's fifth return to Ganymede, and its second closest, passing within 502 miles of the moon's surface.
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Venus enters SOHO's unique picture of planets
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun all appear in the same image sent to Earth on Monday by the SOHO spacecraft. SOHO is stationed 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth, on the sunward side, and the Sun is about 150 million km away.
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NASA counting down to Atlantis' Thursday launch
Grounded three days in a row last month by weather, NASA is again gearing up to launch shuttle Atlantis on a long-awaited space station repair mission. Follow the countdown to Thursday's sunrise liftoff in our Mission Status Center.
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Monday:
May 15, 2000 | |
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NASA charts course to 'sail' toward the stars
NASA is setting sail for the stars -- literally. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is developing space sails technology that will power humankind's first planned venture outside our solar system.
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