NEWSTALK 860 » international space station http://ksfa860.com Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Russian Space Vehicle Problems May Force Space Station Evacuation http://ksfa860.com/space-station-may-be-abandoned/ http://ksfa860.com/space-station-may-be-abandoned/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:37:18 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=10273 Last week's loss of an unmanned Russian supply ship may be a bigger problem than first believed.  NASA officials say keeping crews on the International Space Station now depend on finding and fixing the problem that caused the crash.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/space-station-may-be-abandoned/feed/ 0 Photo by NASA via Getty Images Update: NASA Not Worried About Loss of Russian Supply Ship http://ksfa860.com/lost-in-space-russians-lose-supply-ship/ http://ksfa860.com/lost-in-space-russians-lose-supply-ship/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:59:08 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=9707 An unmanned Russian supply vehicle that launched this morning to deliver supplies to the International Space Station crashed back to Earth a little over five minutes after launch. 

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/lost-in-space-russians-lose-supply-ship/feed/ 0 NASA, Getty Images First Private Cargo Ship Expected at Space Station in November http://ksfa860.com/first-private-cargo-ship-expected-at-space-station-in-november/ http://ksfa860.com/first-private-cargo-ship-expected-at-space-station-in-november/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:30:00 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=9203 With the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet, NASA is looking to the private sector to provide the rockets and ships necessary to keep the International Space Station going.  If things go as planned, the first privately owned space capsule will dock at the space station in November.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/first-private-cargo-ship-expected-at-space-station-in-november/feed/ 0 via Flying Singer Space Shuttle Endeavour on the Way Home, For the Last Time http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-endeavour-on-the-way-home-for-the-last-time/ http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-endeavour-on-the-way-home-for-the-last-time/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 15:29:48 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=4985 The Space Shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six has undocked from the International Space Station and is coming home, to close out NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight.  They paused just long enough to do a victory lap and test equipment for a future interplanetary ship.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/space-shuttle-endeavour-on-the-way-home-for-the-last-time/feed/ 0 via FlyingSinger Let's Try This Again – Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Set for Monday http://ksfa860.com/lets-try-this-again-space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-set-for-monday/ http://ksfa860.com/lets-try-this-again-space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-set-for-monday/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 14:06:56 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=4563 NASA's countdown clocks are ticking once again for what will be the next-to-last space shuttle launch, now set for Monday, and the six-man crew is ready to go.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/lets-try-this-again-space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-set-for-monday/feed/ 0 Joe Raedle, Getty Images NASA Considers Using Lasers To Avoid Space Junk http://ksfa860.com/nasa-considers-using-lasers-to-avoid-space-junk/ http://ksfa860.com/nasa-considers-using-lasers-to-avoid-space-junk/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 14:32:31 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=4457 “Space junk” and debris in Earth orbit is a big and growing danger to space vehicles, satellites and even the International Space Station.  That's why NASA scientists are looking at a new option for reducing the dangers of orbiting clutter.

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