International Business News - NASA http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif NASA has ordered astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery to switch to a backup runway in California for their planned landing Friday because thunderstorms blocked its return home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/220270-space-shuttle-discovery.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/florida-weather-leads-discovery-space-shuttle-calif.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/florida-weather-leads-discovery-space-shuttle-calif.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:12:32 EDT Endeavour shuttle landed safely today after completing a 16 day mission to the International Space Station. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217758-endeavour-shuttle.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090731/space-shuttle-landing-today-endeavor-endeavour-nasa.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090731/space-shuttle-landing-today-endeavor-endeavour-nasa.htm Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:42:10 EDT Thunderstorms have forced NASA to delay Sunday evening's launch of space shuttle Endeavour, making it the fourth time the shuttle is delayed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090712/endeavour-shuttle-grounded-for4th-time.htm Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:00:41 EDT NASA has canceled Saturday's launch attempt of space shuttle Endeavour on a construction mission to the International Space Station to assess possible damage from overnight lightning strikes, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090711/nasa-delays-launch-sunday-after-lightning-strikes.htm Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:25:33 EDT Shuttle Endeavour is ready for liftoff for its latest mission to space on Saturday; however, forecasters are predicting a 60 percent chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms and electrical activity that could cause another delay. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216579-endeavour-shuttle.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090711/weather-threatens-endeavour-shuttles-lift-off-on-saturday-nasa.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090711/weather-threatens-endeavour-shuttles-lift-off-on-saturday-nasa.htm Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:05:54 EDT NASA launched its first moon shot in ten years Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes from Cape Carneveral that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090618/nasa-launches-lunar-mission.htm Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:46:33 EDT NASA canceled the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday for the second time after a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak surfaced while the ship was being fueled for flight. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090617/gas-leak-delays-space-shuttle-launch-2nd-time.htm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:48:46 EDT NASA officials announced plans in Monday to launch space shuttle Endeavor on Wednesday after delaying the Saturday's initial launch due to a hydrogen leak. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090615/nasa-wednesday-endeavour-launch-gas-leak-delay.htm Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:11:32 EDT NASA officials said Saturday that the launch of shuttle Endeavour would be delayed by at least four days after discovering a gas leak a few hours before lift-off, making it the second leak this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215112-endeavour.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090613/hydrogen-gas-leak-delays-shuttle-endeavour-lauch.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090613/hydrogen-gas-leak-delays-shuttle-endeavour-lauch.htm Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:59:27 EDT The International Space Station's crew now has six members for the first time in its 10-year history, after a Russian capsule carrying three astronauts docked at the orbiting outpost on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090529/soyuz-land-international-space-station.htm Fri, 29 May 2009 12:24:08 EDT A Russian Soyuz rocket with three astronauts on board blasted off from Kazakhstan on Wednesday for the International Space Station, where they are set to raise the labs crew to six for the first time. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214236-russian-soyuz.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090527/international-space-station-crew-double.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090527/international-space-station-crew-double.htm Wed, 27 May 2009 09:14:28 EDT The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis is preparing to return to Earth this Friday after successfully repairing and upgrading the Hubble telescope. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214012-nasa.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090521/space-shuttle-atlantis-landing-on-friday.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090521/space-shuttle-atlantis-landing-on-friday.htm Thu, 21 May 2009 16:50:17 EDT In the first of five ambitious spacewalks to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA astronauts managed to remove a 16-year-old camera on Thursday that had taken many of the telescope's most famous images. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090514/astronauts-complete-first-spacewalk-repair-hubble-telescope.htm Thu, 14 May 2009 19:07:31 EDT On Monday, NASA astronauts said they will send tweets you from outer space to answers question and give updates from its space shuttle mission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090511/nasa-astronauts-twitters-on-outer-space.htm Mon, 11 May 2009 20:13:34 EDT When NASA launched its shuttle Discovery on Sunday night, it didn't go alone into space. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210937-bat-on-discovery.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/bat-getsfree-ride-space-on-shuttle-discovery.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/bat-getsfree-ride-space-on-shuttle-discovery.htm Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:54:28 EDT For the second time in a week, the International Space Station is dealing floating piece of space junk, the Associated Press reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210793-discovery.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090316/space-station-danger-more-space-junk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090316/space-station-danger-more-space-junk.htm Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:10:24 EDT Following the close call the International Space Station had on Thursday by being hit with space junk, NASA released an audio recording of the communications between the astronauts and ground crews. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210749-mike-fincke.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090314/nasa-releases-space-junk-audio-tape.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090314/nasa-releases-space-junk-audio-tape.htm Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:40:49 EDT NASA said there is a high probability of sending its shuttle "Discovery" to the international space station on Sunday after delaying it for over a month while they fixed a fuel leak. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210721-discovery.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/nasa-hopeful-on-sunday-shuttle-launch.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/nasa-hopeful-on-sunday-shuttle-launch.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:43:09 EDT Nasa's Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) will blast off today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:20 p.m. PST on a 14-day mission to complete International Space Station. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210596-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090311/nasa-039space-shuttle-mission-briefing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090311/nasa-039space-shuttle-mission-briefing.htm Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:11:39 EDT NASA has approved a new mission for Discovery's STS-119 to the International Space Station after reviewing its potentially hazardous hydrogen flow control valve. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210466-sts-119.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090309/us-shuttle-discovery-iss-set-soar-space-station-on-wednesday.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090309/us-shuttle-discovery-iss-set-soar-space-station-on-wednesday.htm Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:48:24 EDT