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Space Shuttle

How the Air Force and SpaceX Saved Dragon from Doom

April 4, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The picture perfect docking of the SpaceX Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 3 and the triumphant ocean splashdown last week on March 26 nearly weren’t to be – and it all goes back to a microscopic [...]

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Powerful Private Rocket Crucial to ISS Set for Maiden April Blast Off from Virginia – Launch Pad Gallery

March 23, 2013

The most powerful rocket ever to ascend near major American East Coast population centers is slated to blast off soon from the eastern Virginia shore on its inaugural test flight in mid April. And Universe Today took an exclusive inspection tour around the privately developed Antares rocket and NASA Wallops Island launch complex just days [...]

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Survival: Terrifying Moments in Space Flight

March 16, 2013

Space is a dangerous and sometimes fatal business, but happily there were moments where a situation happened and the astronauts were able to recover. An example: today (March 16) in 1966, Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott were just starting the Gemini 8 mission. They latched on to an Agena target in the hopes of doing [...]

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How the Space Shuttle Killed an American Halley’s Comet Mission

March 13, 2013

NASA missed the chance to visit Halley’s Comet in 1986 when the famed sentinel swung close to Earth, as it does every 76 years. Luckily for history, the Europeans flew Giotto past it on this day (March 13) in 1986, and some other nations sent their own probes. The full story of NASA’s withdrawal is [...]

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Plastic Wrapped Shuttle Atlantis Slated for Grand Public Unveiling in June

March 9, 2013

Imagine visiting Star Fleet headquarters in the 23nd Century and being engulfed by a holodeck journey to a 21st century NASA Space Shuttle; complete with a full sized Hubble Space Telescope – perhaps the important science instrument ever constructed and an outstanding legacy of the Space Shuttle Program. Well that’s the thrilling new experience awaiting [...]

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