Posts Tagged ‘NASA’

Lunar Competition Gathering Momentum

Fri Jan 27, 2012 15:59 GMT  | Leave a Comment

US Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Wednesday, January 25, called for the United States to expand its space programme. In particular, he stated that the US would have a permanent base on the moon by the end of his putative second term, ie January 2021. This echoed former president George W. Bush’s goal of… [Read more]

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Endeavour’s Last Endeavour

Thu Jun 2, 2011 16:41 GMT  | Leave a Comment

No, this is not a blogpost about Inspector Morse’s last case. I am referring to the other famous ‘Endeavour’, the space shuttle, which landed at Cape Canaveral on June 1, marking NASA’s penultimate shuttle mission. Space shuttle Atlantis will make the final flight on July 8, bringing an end to a 30-year odyssey. Another noteworthy… [Read more]

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