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MRO Launch third time lucky

Matt | August 14, 2005 |

After several false starts over the past week NASA’s Multipurpose Mars Mission Successfully Launched on Friday 12th August, leaving two days later than planned due to a potential gyro fault on the 10th August and a software problem on the 11th August. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) rode on top of an Atlas V launch […]

We’re back!

Matt | August 13, 2005 |

We finally have our main internet connection back up and running. It’s taken about 34 hours for EasyNET to resolve the exchange problems that kicked us offline. So here we are, back with more meaningless dribble! Matt

Terrible ISP!

Matt | August 12, 2005 |

A big sarcastic thank you to Easy NET. EasyNET is my ISP. I host my own webserver on site and use EasyNET for the internet connection. I lost my primary internet connection at 6am on Friday 12th August and over 24hrs later the connection has still not been restored. I’ve had no email and no […]

Launch abandoned today

Matt | August 11, 2005 |

The launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been scrubbed for today due to a ‘fuel problem’. Next scheduled attempt is tomorrow morning. Matt [Technorati tag(s): mars, nasa, Space Shuttle, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, Space, Science]

Mars probe given green light

Matt | August 11, 2005 |

The launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is expected to go ahead as planned today. The mission’s first launch opportunity window is 11:50 to 13:35 BST, Thursday. If the launch is postponed, additional launch windows open daily at different times each morning throughout August. For trips from Earth to Mars, the planets move into […]

Time to patch Windows (Again!)

Matt | August 10, 2005 |

Microsoft is urging Windows users to update their systems with the latest security patches it has released to fix three critical flaws in its software. The flaws mostly affect Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer. Users with updated Windows Server 2003 and XP systems are not as much at risk. If left unplugged, they could allow […]

Mars probe launch delayed

Matt | August 10, 2005 |

Todays launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has had to be postponed after the discovery of problems with the Atlas V launch rocket. The launch is now scheduled for tomorrow morning at 1135 GMT from Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and is the first government launch of Lockheed Martin’s Atlas V […]

Shuttle Fleet Facts!

Tracy Davis | August 9, 2005 |

[color=#6200aa]There have been six shuttles built:[/color] [color=#6200aa]Enterprise (OV-101)[/color] [color=#6200aa]Challenger (OV-99)[/color] [color=#6200aa]Columbia (OV-102)[/color] [color=#6200aa]Discovery (OV-103)[/color] [color=#6200aa]Atlantis (OV-104)[/color] [color=#6200aa]Endeavour (OV-105)[/color] [color=#6200aa]Enterprise was a test vehicle for the shuttle program and was not intended for space flight. It is on display at Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C.[/color] [color=#6200aa]Challenger was also originally built as a test vehicle, known as […]

Discovery and crew home safely!

Matt | August 9, 2005 |

Shuttle lands safely. Despite the problems experienced with the launch, heat shield damage, thermal blanket damage and delays due to bad weather, the American Space Shuttle Discovery has landed safely at Edwards Airforce Base in California. The re-entry and landing was televised live by most of the world’s media channels. It has been a long […]

Nasa hopes for good weather

Matt | August 9, 2005 |

The crew of the shuttle Discovery are preparing to return to Earth after bad visibility in Florida forced a delay on Monday. Nasa hopes to bring the shuttle down at 1007 BST (0507 EST; 0907 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If the weather remains a problem in Florida, the shuttle could land […]