Curiosity/Atlas V teams set for holiday weekend launch to Mars

Posted by brandoniswrite on November 23, 2011

Set to return NASA on course to Mars, the Mars Science Laboratory, known colloquially as the Curiosity rover, stands ready with its Atlas V rocket for a Thanksgiving holiday weekend launch from from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Following a one day slip, the Atlas V is set to launch within a 103 minute window which opens on Saturday at 10:02 [...]

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ISS Crew May Be Forced to Take Shelter from Space Debris

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The International Space Station. Credit: NASA What a fine welcome for the new crew on board the ISS: The three astronauts/cosmonauts on the space station may have to take shelter in their Soyuz spacecraft early Wednesday morning (Nov. 23), due to a close flyby or even a possible collision with a piece of space debris. [...]

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