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Space Shuttles to Retire in Washington, California, Florida and New York
Space Shuttles to Retire in Washington, California, Florida and New York

13 Apr 2011, 04:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Four iconic states and cities in the US will become this year the resting places for the four space shuttles that have made space history over the past three decades. Today NASA announced the museum...

 
Space Shuttles Resting Places to Be Announced on April 12
Space Shuttles Resting Places to Be Announced on April 12

11 Apr 2011, 12:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There are only two missions left until human kind's first reusable space crafts will enter the history books. Discovery has landed for the last time in March, Endeavor and Atlantis are to follo...

 
Endeavor Launch Delayed, Space Traffic Jam at Blame
Endeavor Launch Delayed, Space Traffic Jam at Blame

6 Apr 2011, 11:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Now this is something you don't see everyday... Who would have thought that the huge traffic jams that at times paralyze the roads of the world would expand into space, a realm usually defined ...

 
Discovery - First Space Shuttle to End a Career
Discovery - First Space Shuttle to End a Career

29 Mar 2011, 09:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Number of missions: 39. Miles traveled: 148 million (238.2 million km). Number of times around the world: 5,830. Total time spent in space in its 27 years of active duty: one year. These are the...

 
Endeavor Getting Ready for Final Flight
Endeavor Getting Ready for Final Flight

25 Mar 2011, 09:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The almost year long end of the space shuttle program, which started with the final landing of the space shuttle Discovery on March 9, will enter a new stage next month, when the take-off of the sec...

 
Space Shuttle Made of Humans at Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle Made of Humans at Kennedy Space Center

21 Mar 2011, 12:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Decades of space exploration using perhaps human kind's most exciting vehicle ever, the space shuttle, will end this year, as soon as the remaining two crafts (Endeavour and Atlantis) land for ...

 
Space Shuttle Discovery Getting Ready for the Final Trip
Space Shuttle Discovery Getting Ready for the Final Trip

16 Mar 2011, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The NASA engineers that have been taking care of the space shuttle Discovery for the past years are now getting ready to perform the checks and preparations they have done repeatedly in the past one...

 
Space Shuttle Discovery Lands for the End of an Era
Space Shuttle Discovery Lands for the End of an Era

10 Mar 2011, 07:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A very emotional moment took place yesterday at Cape Canaveral, Florida. On a clear sky and with the sun behind it, space shuttle Discovery glided down to Earth, as the STS 133 mission was about to ...

 
Robonaut 2 Reaches the Space Station
Robonaut 2 Reaches the Space Station

25 Feb 2011, 15:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first humanoid robot to have blasted into outer space made history a few hours ago, reaching the International Space Station (ISS) aboard space shuttle Discovery. The moment, which comes after s...

 
Space Shuttle Slow Motion Launch [Long Video]
Space Shuttle Slow Motion Launch [Long Video]

12 Dec 2010, 12:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We've all seen, for decades now, on various TV shows and documentaries, how space shuttles are launched. Strapped to their towers on the launch pads, the space shuttles await for days at times ...

 
Robonaut 2 Misses 2010 Space Flight Window
Robonaut 2 Misses 2010 Space Flight Window

4 Dec 2010, 08:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / There's no going around the problems discovered by NASA in the space shuttle Discovery's: the last space flight of the current generation shuttle will not take place this year, shattering ...

 
Honeywell Introduces New Students Leadership Program
Honeywell Introduces New Students Leadership Program

16 Feb 2010, 16:25 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honeywell announced that it has awarded scholarships to 160 students from 28 U.S. states and 20 countries. The students will take part in the Honeywell Leadership Challenge Academy. This has been de...

 
Ford Shares Virtual Reality With Space Shuttle Developer
Ford Shares Virtual Reality With Space Shuttle Developer

21 Jan 2010, 07:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford is cooperating with the United Space Alliance (USA) to make better use of virtual reality applications. The automaker uses simulation software developed by video game developers and movie anim...