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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Google co-founder Sergey Brin has put down $5 million toward a flight to the international space station with the company that has sent millionaires and even a billionaire into orbit. Virginia-based Space Adventures announced the identity of the future.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

MSNBC -- Before returning home, Discovery's astronauts will pull out the laser-tipped inspection boom that they retrieved from the space station after it was left by another shuttle in March, and survey their ship's wings and nose cap. The laser survey normally.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Apr 3, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- A European supply vessel carrying over five tons of freight is scheduled to dock with the international space station on Thursday in a major advance for Europe's space program. Officials of the European Space Agency said the docking of Europe's first A.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Apr 1, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform

MSNBC -- Europe's massive Jules Verne space freighter wrapped up its final dress rehearsal high above Earth on Monday, priming the ship for a Thursday docking with the international space station. Looking something like an overweight X-wing fighter from the mov.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Mar 19, 2008 @ 8:08am neoform

MSNBC -- The experiment should have been conducted last year but was bumped because of a more pressing space station problem. It's one of the many safety measures developed after Columbia was destroyed during re-entry in 2003 because of a gashed wing. The fi.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Jan 11, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- As expected, the tentative 24 January launch of US shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) has been pushed back to 7 February. The new date will give engineers more time to work on the orbiter's errant fuel sensor system. The Febru.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Nov 13, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- Crew members aboard the international space station on Monday used a robotic crane to reposition the space shuttle's docking port, a key step toward preparing the complex for the arrival of Europe's science laboratory next month. Newly arrived station.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sun Apr 8, 2007 @ 12:44am neoform

CNN -- A Russian rocket carrying U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts blasted off Saturday en route to the international space station. The rocket roared away from the Baikonur cosmodrome into the overcast night skies over the bleak Kazakh step.. Read More