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Spacewalk on as ISS woes ease  The crew are attempting to repair a thermal blanket on Atlantis. The spacewalk had been overshadowed by problems with the Russian computers Probe reveals seas on Saturn moon  Global: Nasa's Cassini probe has found evidence for seas, filled with liquid hydrocarbons, at the high northern latitudes US adopts tough new space policy

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Space rocks go under the hammer

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Oct.28
  New York: Some of the world's most famous meteorites are going under the hammer at an auction house in what is said to be the first sale of its kind
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Oct.18
  Washington: The policy aimed at protecting US interests in space and denying adversaries access there for hostile purposes
Pluto loses status as a planet Jul.8   Discovery astronauts on spacewalk  Piers Sellers and Mike Fossum on the shuttle are carrying out their first spacewalk Jun.17   Safety fears as Shuttle date set  Washington: Nasa is to launch the Discovery on 1 July, despite warnings from senior safety officials

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Aug.11   Nasa scraps shuttle launch date  The fleet is to remain grounded until November at the earliest

year 2004 Top ^

Jan.14   Bush unveils vision for moon and beyond
  Washington: An ambitious plan is to return Americans to the moon by 2020 for future manned trips to Mars
Jan.2 Stardust probe makes comet flyby  The Nasa probe has had a dramatic encounter with Comet Wild-2, passing just 240 km away

year 2003 Top ^

Dec.4 U.S. eyes return to the Moon  Washington: Bush is on the verge of calling for a return to the Moon as part of a dramatic new NASA mission First Manned Space Flight Ends in Success Aug.27 Nasa chief vows to make changes  Washington: Sean O'Keefe has said the report into the break-up of the Columbia was a 'seminal moment' for the agency Aug.26 Columbia report faults Nasa managers
  Washington: The independent team concluded that long-standing flaws in the organisation were 'as much a cause' as technical faults

year 2002 Top ^

Mar.6 Hubble 'heart transplant' success  Space Telescope have survived a tricky spacewalk operation to fit a new power control unit

year 2001 Top ^

Dec.17   Shuttle lands safely  Florida: Endeavour has landed safely at Kennedy Space Center, bringing the crew from the International Space Station Nov.30 Shuttle start delayed  Florida: The launch of Endeavour will be postponed to give space station members to perform repairs Nov.27 Atmosphere detected on distant planet  Planet, as massive as Jupiter, has similar atmosphere Sep.22 Spacecraft flies close to comet  The Deep Space 1, an unmanned experimental spacecraft, has flown within 2,000 km to the nucleus of a comet Jul.12 Shuttle Atlantis lifts off  Florida: Atlantis will deliver an air lock to space station Alpha May.5 Tourist Tito lands safely   Kazakhstan: Dennis Tito becomes the world's first paying space tourist Apr.30 Tourist enters space station
  American businessman Dennis Tito, 60, is floating on air over visit to space international station
Mir destroyed in fiery descent Mar.21 Space Shuttle Discovery Lands  Florida: Discovery, bringing home the first crew of the International Station, landed safely in the dark Mar.8 Discovery lifts off  Florida: To deliver a new crew to the international space station

year 2000 Top ^

Dec.11 Space shuttle lands  Florida: It helped space station to spred wings



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