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Video: NASA releases video of STS-121 solid booster rocket breakaway
NASA has released a video feed (below) from the aft camera on Space Shuttle Discovery's left solid rocket booster (SRB) during its ascent on 4 July for mission STS-121.
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NewsSpace Shuttle Discovery docks with International Space Station following successful ascent
Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the ISS to dock at 1452GMT today starting the next phase of mission STS-121
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Arianespace: back on track
With the largest orderbook in the satellite launch industry, chief executive Jean-Yves Le Gall says future looks bright
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ESA to study Martian technology
Agency will examine report on systems developed to explore planet, which could be tested on lunar missions
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NewsShuttle launch scrubbed as clouds remain over Kennedy Space Center
The launch of Space Shuttle Discovery for International Space Station logistics mission STS-121 has been cancelled for today due to continued weather issues
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Thunder clouds remain near Kennedy Space Center as NASA considers Shuttle launch
Flight International's Spaceflight editor Rob Coppinger continues Flightglobal.com's reporting from Kennedy Space Center of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery for mission STS-121
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NewsStorm clouds delay Discovery launch to 2 July but weather expected to get worse
Discovery is unlikely to launch before the next weekend as storm clouds force it to miss the window and the weather is closing in
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NewsWeather expected to delay Space Shuttle Discovery
NASA is set to delay Discovery's launch because of storm clouds that represent a threat due to the potential for lightening strikes to the Orbiter during ascent
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NewsSpace Shuttle Discovery countdown is held at 9 minutes as Orbiter systems and weather checks are made
Discovery has 9min left to launch window from 1944GMT to 1953
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NewsThe seven astronaut crew of Space Shuttle Discovery is onboard the Orbiter, ready for International Space Station mission STS-121 to launch
Space Shuttle Discovery's crew is onboard and ready for launch
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NewsSpace Shuttle Discovery is ready for launch at pad 39B
On the morning of 1 July Space Shuttle Discovery is prepared for the loading of its external tank's liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellant, while sitting at launch complex 39B.
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NewsDiscovery crew boards Shuttle as STS-121 countdown continues
Space Shuttle Discovery crew boards the Orbiter as the STS-121 mission countdown continues
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NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services demonstration target date could be extended into the next decade
The 2010 target date for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Service demonstrations, for competitive procurement of International Space Station cargo supply services early in the next decade, could change, according to the agency’s administrator.
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NewsNASA renames exploration launch vehicles Ares 1 and Ares 5
NASA has renamed its launchers for its Vision for Space Exploration that will send US astronauts back to the Moon by 2020 and eventually onto Mars