Rescue Shuttle ready for lift off for Hubble Space Telescope

Rescue Shuttle ready for lift off for Hubble Space Telescope

Cape Canaveral (FL) - The space shuttle Endeavour is sitting on its launch pad, ready for a rescue mission NASA hopes won't be needed. The shuttle's sister craft, Atlantis, is scheduled to launch later today on a flight to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. While there are but

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Space Debris:a new eye in the sky

Space Debris:a new eye in the sky

What is a Debris? An astronaut's glove; bits of rockets; paint chips; dead satellites; frozen drops of radioactive coolant. They are among the junk left behind from nearly 52 years of space exploration since Sputnik was launched, continuing a dangerous dance around Earth, imperil

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