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Endeavour launches
Posted: Mon, Feb 8 5:12 AM ET (1012 GMT)
STS-130: launch (NASA/KSC) The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off early Monday on a mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour launched on schedule at 4:14 am EST (0914 GMT) after a routine countdown. Clouds that postponed Sunday's launch did reappear, but cleared before launch. The six-person crew will install the Tranquility module, the last major US component for the ISS, during the 13-day mission. Three spacewalks are planned during the mission to outfit the new module and perform other work.


Clouds delay shuttle launch
Posted: Sun, Feb 7 10:06 AM ET (1506 GMT)
STS-130: logo (NASA) Sunday morning's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was postponed because of cloud cover, pushing the launch back to Monday. A layer of low, thick clouds developed overnight, violating weather criteria for a shuttle launch and thus postponing the scheduled 4:39 am EST (0939 GMT) launch. The launch is now scheduled for 4:14 am EST (0914 GMT) Monday, with a 60 percent chance of acceptable weather. The shuttle is carrying a new module, Tranquility, that is the last major US component to be added to the station. The shuttle launch delay will also push back at least a day Tuesday's scheduled launch of an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral carrying a NASA solar observatory.


STS-130 countdown underway
Posted: Fri, Feb 5 5:51 PM ET (2251 GMT)
NASA is proceeding with the countdown towards Sunday morning's launch of the shuttle Endeavour without any major technical or weather concerns. Endeavour is scheduled...


Progress docks with ISS
Posted: Fri, Feb 5 5:33 PM ET (2233 GMT)
A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late Thursday night. The Progress M-04M spacecraft (designated Progress 36 by NASA) docked with...


NASA extends Cassini mission
Posted: Thu, Feb 4 5:19 AM ET (1019 GMT)
The Cassini spacecraft will continue its studies of Saturn and its moons through 2017 under a mission extension NASA announced Wednesday. Cassini, launched in 1997,...





Tuesday, February 9
An agency in transition
The Space Review — 12:06 am ET (0506 GMT)
Maps and buried treasure
The Space Review — 12:05 am ET (0505 GMT)
Beating a dead space horse (yeah, Defying Gravity, again...)
The Space Review — 12:05 am ET (0505 GMT)
Review: Choice, Not Fate
The Space Review — 12:05 am ET (0505 GMT)
Forming present day spiral galaxies
Astronomy Now — 12:04 am ET (0504 GMT)
Hubble captures Pluto's seasonal changes
Astronomy Now — 12:04 am ET (0504 GMT)
Older galaxies more peculiar, census shows
Cosmos Magazine — 12:03 am ET (0503 GMT)
Ex-Boeing engineer gets 15 years in spy case
Reuters — 12:00 am ET (0500 GMT)

Monday, February 8
For Human Spaceflight, Can Measured Beat Bold?
New York Times — 11:53 pm ET (0453 GMT)
Shuttle launches Tranquility module to the space station
CBS/Spaceflight Now — 11:52 pm ET (0452 GMT)
SES to Develop Orbital Slot for Andean Nations
Space News — 11:52 pm ET (0452 GMT)
Today's Spiral Galaxies Were Once the Ugly Ducklings
SPACE.com — 11:50 pm ET (0450 GMT)
Astronauts Skip Super Bowl for Space Shuttle Launch
SPACE.com — 11:50 pm ET (0450 GMT)
Astronauts Inspect Shuttle for Damage
SPACE.com — 11:49 pm ET (0449 GMT)
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams Moves
Sky & Telescope — 11:49 pm ET (0449 GMT)
Russia prepares to launch U.S. telecoms satellite
RIA Novosti — 11:47 pm ET (0447 GMT)
Helium clue found in echo of the big bang
New Scientist — 11:45 pm ET (0445 GMT)
The Last Shuttle To Leave Earth at Night
SpaceRef — 11:35 pm ET (0435 GMT)
Tour space, inside and out
MSNBC — 11:34 pm ET (0434 GMT)
Chinese spy gets more than 15 years in prison
AP — 11:29 pm ET (0429 GMT)





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