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Pope blesses astronauts in 1st papal call to space
The 12 astronauts circling the Earth received a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday in the first ever papal call to space.The pope addressed the crews of the linked space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station from the Vatican. Two Italians are among the space fliers: Roberto Vittori and Paolo Nespoli.Seated before a television s...
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Space shuttle Endeavour's final flight
After a two-week pause to fix electrical trouble, the shuttle Endeavour lifted off on Monday morning on a mission to pry a few secrets from the universe.At 8:56 a.m. Eastern time, the spacecraft rose slowly on a pillar of fire, picking up speed as it stabbed through a layer of clouds on its way to an initial orbit 136 miles above the Earth. Among t...
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NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour's last launch
NASA has called off Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour because of a heater failure.Commander Mark Kelly and his crew were on their way to the launch pad, when NASA halted the countdown. The astronauts' van did a U-turn, and returned the astronauts to crew quarters.NASA spokesman George Dillard says the next try will be Sunday at the earlies...
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Thunderstorms halt Endeavour launch yet again
Thunderstorms have once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
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Pope blesses astronauts in 1st papal call to space
The 12 astronauts circling the Earth received a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday in the first ever papal call to space.The pope addressed the crews of the linked space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station from the Vatican. Two Italians are among the space fliers: Roberto Vittori and Paolo Nespoli.Seated before a television s...
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Space shuttle Endeavour's final flight
After a two-week pause to fix electrical trouble, the shuttle Endeavour lifted off on Monday morning on a mission to pry a few secrets from the universe.At 8:56 a.m. Eastern time, the spacecraft rose slowly on a pillar of fire, picking up speed as it stabbed through a layer of clouds on its way to an initial orbit 136 miles above the Earth. Among t...
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NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour's last launch
NASA has called off Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour because of a heater failure.Commander Mark Kelly and his crew were on their way to the launch pad, when NASA halted the countdown. The astronauts' van did a U-turn, and returned the astronauts to crew quarters.NASA spokesman George Dillard says the next try will be Sunday at the earlies...
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Thunderstorms halt Endeavour launch yet again
Thunderstorms have once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
