DISCOVERY ARRIVES AT SPACE STATION, JOINT OPERATIONS TO BEGIN SOON - Space Shuttle Discovery and the STS-120 crew arrived at the International Space Station at 8:40 a.m. EDT, delivering a new module and crew member to the orbital outpost. The STS-120 astronauts and the station’s Expedition 16 crew will conduct pressure and leak checks before the hatches between the two spacecraft open about 10:30 a.m. After the crews greet each other, they will quickly begin joint operations. More (Source: NASA - Oct 25)
CREW READY FOR STATION RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING - The seven-member crew of STS-120 on board Space Shuttle Discovery is ready for Thursday’s rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station. The STS-120 crew members completed Wednesday's scheduled inspections of Space Shuttle Discovery’s heat shield before noon EDT. They used Discovery’s robotic arm and an attached boom extension to check the spacecraft’s underside, nose cap and leading edges of the wings as well as hard to reach shuttle surfaces. More (Source: NASA - Oct 25)
NASA HAILS SMOOTH LAUNCH - NASA officials and launch managers were pleased Tuesday following a clean countdown and flawless launch of space shuttle Discovery from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch Director Mike Leinbach said the launch team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was able to study a potential problem of ice buildup without jeopardizing the shuttle while still launching on time. More (Source: NASA - Oct 24)
HATCH CLOSED AND LOCKED - Technicians working at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida have closed the hatch, or doorway, leading into space shuttle Discovery's crew compartment. The shuttle’s seven astronauts are running through pre-launch tests and checks. More (Source: NASA - Oct 23)
ASTRONAUTS BOARD U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE AHEAD OF LAUNCH - The seven astronauts on the U.S. space shuttle Discovery scrambled aboard their spaceship on Tuesday to await blastoff on a construction mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff remained targeted for 11:38 a.m. (1538 GMT) although forecasters predicted a 60 percent chance of a delay due to clouds and rain. More (Source: Reuters - Oct 23)
RAIN, CLOUDS COULD MAR SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCH - The US space shuttle Discovery's planned launch on Tuesday could be delayed due to rain and cloudy conditions, NASA said on Monday. A 60 percent chance of clouds and rain showers could interfere with the shuttle's planned 11:38 am (1538 GMT) launch time, shuttle weather officer Kathy Winters said. More (Source: AFP - Oct 23)
NASA SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW RAPID GROWTH OF CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES - Images from NASA satellites illustrate how quickly wildfires have spread throughout Southern California. Powerful Santa Ana winds have fueled more than 10 large wildfires stretching from Santa Barbara to San Diego. A pair of NASA images depicts the area around Los Angeles on Sunday. The top image, captured by NASA's Terra satellite at 2:35 p.m. EDT, shows several fires giving off small plumes of smoke. More (Source: NASA - Oct 23)
MOBILE TELEPHONE SATELLITES LAUNCHED INTO SPACE - Globalstar's satellite fleet has four new members after a Russian Soyuz rocket launched the replacement communication platforms Saturday to bolster the company's aging constellation. The Soyuz launched at 2012 GMT (4:12 p.m. EDT) from Complex 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three-stage booster and an attached Fregat upper stage rocketed into space and released the four satellites about 100 minutes after liftoff. More (Source: SpaceFlightNow.com - Oct 22)
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY 'GO' FOR TUESDAY LAUNCH - NASA's shuttle Discovery is set for a planned Tuesday launch toward the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver a new orbital room to the high-flying laboratory, mission managers said Sunday. More (Source: Space.com - Oct 21)
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