NASA Works To Free 'Spirit'
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Space
Shuttle Heads To Space Station As Weather Clears()
February 8, 2010 Space shuttle Endeavour is now orbiting Earth after blasting off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in Monday's early morning darkness. Weather problems had delayed what might be the last pre-dawn launch for the shuttle program, which is heading toward retirement.
Endeavour Blasts Off On Shuttle's Last Night Flight()
February 8, 2010 Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's expected to be the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station. The space shuttle took flight before dawn, igniting the sky with a brilliant flash seen for miles around.
Space Shuttle Blasts Off On Last Night Flight()
February 8, 2010 Space shuttle Endeavour is rocketing toward the space station on one of the shuttle program's last scheduled missions. Endeavour and its crew of six blasted off early Monday.
NASA Fuels Space Shuttle, Weather Better()
February 8, 2010 With the weather prospects looking up, astronauts boarded shuttle Endeavour for the second day in a row early Monday in hopes of blasting off on the last big space station construction mission. The six astronauts looked more optimistic than they did Sunday morning, when the launch site was socked in with clouds.
Forget Portholes, Space Station Gets 360-Degree View()
February 5, 2010 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will soon get to enjoy "a room with a view." Space shuttle Endeavour is bringing up a dome-shaped observation module with a total of seven windows, giving astronauts unprecedented views of Earth and space.
New Pluto Photos Show Surface, Color Changes()
February 4, 2010 The photos from the Hubble Space Telescope paint a Pluto that is significantly redder than it had been for the past several decades. The pictures also show nitrogen ice growing and shrinking, getting brighter in the north and darker in the south. That's got astronomers surprised.
