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Russia halts space tours as U.S. retires Shuttle

Reuters US Online Report Science News | 2010-03-03 16:19:40
STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Russia announced a halt to space tourism on Wednesday, saying it would struggle to ferry professional crews to the International Space Station after the U.S. mothballs its shuttle fleet this year. NASA plans four more shuttle flights to the $100-billion, 16-nation space outpost before retiring ...
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Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls Out To Launch Pad

Getty Images | 2010-03-03 14:25:39
Space Shuttle Discovery Rolls Out To Launch Pad
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 3: Space Shuttle Discovery rolls out to launch pad 39-A atop the crawler transporter at Kenendy Space Center March 3, 2010, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station early April on mission STS-131. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Getty Images ...
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China's space station plan delayed

AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-03 11:10:24
China has postponed the next step in its ambitious space station programme until 2011 for technical reasons, state media said Wednesday. China had originally planned to place the Tiangong-1 space module in orbit late this year and undertake experimental docking manoeuvres in subsequent missions, Xinhua news agency cited rocket designer ...
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dwp nasa room

WENN | 2010-03-03 00:28:57
dwp nasa room
NASA shows off ISS' cupola Endeavour pilot Terry Virts has opened the windows of the newly installed cupola to give spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick an early look into the International Space Station's room with a view that they helped to install. The cupola's fully opened windows ...
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