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Kelly, Giffords reunite, hold hands for 2 hours

Endeavour commander Mark Kelly and wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords reunited Thursday evening after more than two weeks apart and they weren't ...

 

End of an era for shuttle, and NASA

End of an era for shuttle, and NASA

NASA does all kinds of stuff. They build space robots. They send up satellites. They study the oceans. But come on - who're we kidding? When most people think of NASA, they think of manned space flight. The space shuttle. But after 30 years, and 135 flights, NASA has decided to close down the space shuttle program.

 

NASA ready to launch shuttle Endeavour on Monday

NASA ready to launch shuttle Endeavour on Monday

U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on Monday on the next-to-last flight in NASA's shuttle program, carrying a potentially revolutionary physics experiment to the International Space Station.

 

NASA skips Monday launch attempt for shuttle

NASA skips Monday launch attempt for shuttle

NASA on Sunday delayed Monday's targeted launch of the space shuttle Endeavour as work continues to resolve an electronics problem that scuttled Friday's launch attempt, officials said.

 

NASA delays Endeavour launch by 48 hours for technical reasons

NASA delays Endeavour launch by 48 hours for technical reasons

NASA officials on Friday scrubbed the planned launch of the Shuttle Endeavour for at least 48 hours after crews identified a problem with the heaters associated with the shuttle’s auxiliary power unit.

 

Giffords' astronaut husband awaiting doctors' OK

Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly said Thursday he's still awaiting doctors' blessing to bring his wounded congresswoman wife to his launch in just under three weeks.

 

Space shuttle fueling up for Monday launch

Space shuttle fueling up for Monday launch

NASA began fueling the space shuttle Endeavour for a Monday morning launch amid concerns that low clouds over Florida's Kennedy Space Center could delay lift-off a second time.

 

Space shuttle finally takes off

The US space agency Nasa successfully launches the space shuttle Endeavour - at the sixth attempt.

 

NASA scrubs space shuttle launch

A potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak cropped up during the fueling of space shuttle Endeavour today and forced NASA to postpone the launch by at least four days.

 

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