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| Sep.18 |
 Peru |
Scores ill in 'meteor crash'| Some 600 people have required treatment after an object from space plummeted to Earth in a remote area | |
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| Jul.21 |
 USA |
Mars dust storms threaten rovers NASA: Huge dust storms pose the worst threat yet to six-wheeled, solar-powered rovers - Opportunity and Spirit
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| Jan.29 |
 Global |
Hubble's main camera shuts down NASA: The main camera on the space telescope has shut down after an electrical failure
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| Jul.3 |
Florida |
 Crack found in shuttle tank foam Engineers checking Discovery have found a crack in the foam insulation lining the orbiter's external tank
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| Mar.24 |
Oceania |
SpaceX rocket fails first flight The new Falcon 1 rocket, developed by the Space Exploration Technologies, has been lost on its maiden flight
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| Oct.8 |
European Union |
Europe ice mission lost in ocean
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| Jul.28 |
Florida |
Foam 'might have struck shuttle'
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| Jul.27 |
Florida |
Nasa grounds space shuttle fleet| The engineers investigate debris which fell from Discovery's external fuel tank during launch | | |
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| Jul.26 |
Florida |
Nasa looks into shuttle 'debris' Nasa is investigating 2 cases of debris seen falling from the Discovery as it blasted off for Earth orbit
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| Jul.13 |
Florida |
Nasa investigates shuttle failure
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| Jun.21 |
 Russia |
Malfunction fear for 'solar sail' A revolutionary craft designed to use light from the Sun to power travel may have malfunctioned
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Missing 41 troops feared dead
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| Sep.8 |
Utah |
Solar capsule crashes into Earth
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Two passenger jets crash
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| Jan.22 |
USA |
Nasa rover breaks down on Mars Spirit has stopped sending useful data to Earth and mission scientists are unable to send it commands
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| Dec.26 |
 England |
Beagle 2 not calling home from Mars Europe's first Mars probe remained silent for a 3rd day. The Beagle was scheduled to land on the surface of Mars
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| Nov.28 |
 Japan |
2 spy satellites blown up Officials have blown up a rocket carrying the satellites intended to monitor North Korea
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| Aug.26 |
Washington |
Columbia report faults Nasa managers| The independent team concluded that long-standing flaws in the organisation were 'as much a cause' as technical faults | |
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| Aug.22 |
 Brazil |
 21 dead in rocket explosion| At least 20 others were injured. A rocket exploded on its launch pad while undergoing final pre-launch tests | |
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| Jun.29 |
Florida |
Mars launch delayed again
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| May.6 |
Texas |
Seal 'caused' shuttle disaster
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| Mar.5 |
Texas |
Debris suggests shuttle tires blew out
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| Feb.28 |
U.S. Congress |
NASA chief blasted over shuttle memos
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| Feb.26 |
Texas |
Engineers warned of shuttle wing burning
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| Feb.25 |
Texas |
NASA: debris part of shuttle wing
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| Feb.13 |
Texas |
NASA: puncture may be to blame Engineers convinced Columbia's left wheel well was punctured, allowing super heated gas to leak into the wing
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Washington |
NASA email warned of disaster
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| Feb.9 |
Texas |
Shuttle recovery teams redeployed
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| Feb.5 |
Washington |
Video captured shuttle breakup
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| Feb.4 |
Texas |
NASA memo warned of tile damage The memo noted that debris striking the left wing after takeoff might have 'the potential for a large damage area to the tile'
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| Feb.3 |
Texas |
Nasa extends shuttle search Experts have extended their search for debris and crew remains across the western United States
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| Feb.2 |
Texas |
NASA probe progressing, assessing data Federal investigators formed teams to undertake the task of determining what went wrong when Columbia broke apart
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Texas |
Sensors: rising temperatures on Columbia In the final minutes something occurred on the craft's left side, significant enough to make the space craft roll to the right
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Texas |
Clues sought for shuttle disaster Nasa has vowed to leave 'no stone unturned'. police teams scoured large areas in Texas for shuttle fragments
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| Feb.1 |
Texas |
Remains found among shuttle debris NASA will conduct its own investigation, as will the Congress, and the government is forming an independent commission
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Israel |
First astronaut's death mourned
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Texas |
NASA mourns, seeks answers Investigators were working to determine what caused the shuttle Columbia to disintegrate into a trail of flaming debris
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Texas |
Space shuttle and crew lost Columbia broke up as it descended toward a planned landing, showering debris across southeastern Texas
| Those killed on the flight were commander Rick D. Husband; pilot William C. McCool; payload commander Michael P. Anderson; mission specialists David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark; and Israel's astronaut, Ilan Ramon. The loss was caused by damage sustained during launch when a piece of insulation broke off
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Strong quake shakes Mexico; 24 dead
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| Dec.11 |
 French Guiana |
Europe's super rocket explodes New heavy-lift rocket Ariane 5-ESCA has failed on its maiden flight and exploded over the Atlantic three minutes later
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French tanker explodes
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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