Monthly Archives: June 2009


Ares Rocket Safety Questioned

June 8, 2009 – 7:37 am

NASA’s Orion spaceship and the astronauts on board might not survive an explosive launch failure of the agency’s proposed Ares I moon rocket, analyses by Air Force safety experts show. Read More at Local 6 Orlando…

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Effectiveness of Ares abort system called into doubt

June 7, 2009 – 7:31 am

CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA’s Orion spaceship and the astronauts onboard might not survive an explosive launch failure of the agency’s proposed Ares I moon rocket, analyses by Air Force safety experts show. Read More at Florida Today…

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Station spacewalk begins

June 5, 2009 – 7:30 am

Running more than an hour late because of spacesuit troubleshooting, cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA flight engineer Michael Barratt opened the hatch of the Pirs airlock module aboard the International Space Station at 3:52 a.m. EDT to officially begin a planned five-and-a-half-hour spacewalk. Read More at Spaceflight Now…

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Spacewalkers to prep station for new Russian module

June 4, 2009 – 3:23 pm

The Endeavour astronauts, wearing bright orange pressure suits, strapped in aboard the shuttle today for a dress-rehearsal countdown that sets the stage for launch June 13 on a space station assembly mission. Read More at Spaceflight Now…

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Shuttle Endeavour cleared for launch next week

June 4, 2009 – 7:19 am

While the shuttle Endeavour’s crew reviewed emergency procedures at the launch pad Wednesday, NASA managers held an executive-level flight readiness review and cleared the ship for blastoff June 13, at 7:17:15 a.m., on a complex space station assembly mission. Read More at Spaceflight Now…

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Endeavour moves to another launch pad

June 2, 2009 – 7:33 am

The space shuttle Endeavour rolled from one Florida launch pad to another on Sunday in preparation for a complicated June construction flight to the International Space Station. Read More at MSNBC…

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Shuttle Endeavour Moves to Launch Pad for June Mission

June 1, 2009 – 7:57 am

The space shuttle Endeavour rolled from one Florida launch pad to another on Sunday in preparation for a complicated June construction flight to the International Space Station. Read More at SPACE.com via Yahoo! News…

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