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Shuttle not coming home today

Matt | August 8, 2005 |

Due to bad weather and low lying cloud cover at Kenedy Space Center the Space Shuttle Discovery’s return to earth has been delayed by 24 hours. Other landing opportunities are scheduled for Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center and the back-up strip at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Matt [Technorati tag(s): shuttle, nasa, Space Shuttle, […]

Discovery ready to come home

Matt | August 8, 2005 |

Despite having to delay the re-entry due to bad weather, Nasa say they are extremely confident that there are will be no problems with Discovery’s return to earth. The seven crew members aboard Discovery have been preparing for their re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Low-lying cloud which could obscure the landing strip forced flight controllers to […]

Shuttle bids farewell to ISS

Matt | August 6, 2005 |

The crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery have packed their bags and left the ISS to begin the long journey back home. After saying goodbye to the station’s two residents, the crew closed the hatches and sealed the shuttle before slowly separating early on Saturday. Having undocked with the ISS, the shuttle will fly around […]

Is broadcasting terrorist video a good idea?

Matt | August 5, 2005 |

I blogged about the latest al-Qaeda video earlier this week on our blog where Osama Bin Laden’s lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri was ranting about the reasons for the recent London Bombings being entirely Tony Blair’s fault, blaming his foreign policy. I understand and accept that these sorts of video announcements are news worthy and that we […]

No more Space Shuttle Discovery repairs

Matt | August 5, 2005 |

Following a series of wind tunnel tests and engineers reviews, Nasa has decided a further spacewalk to repair a torn thermal blanket on the shuttle Discovery is not necessary. The US space agency told the seven crew members the shuttle would be safe for re-entry, due on Monday, despite the torn blanket below the cockpit […]

More shuttle fears?

Matt | August 3, 2005 |

There are fresh fears that there could be further problems with the Space Shuttle Discovery. Apparantly there is some concern about a thermal blanket below the cockpit. Experts believe that this may have been damaged during lift off when the orbiter stuck a bird. It is feared that the thermal blanket could tear off during […]

Shuttle repair successful

Matt | August 3, 2005 |

Shuttle astronaut Stephen Robinson has successfully removed two ceramic strips protruding from the heatshield on the Discovery orbiter’s underside. The astronaut rode the robotic arm from the ISS in order to reach the underside of the shuttle and was able to remove the strips with his finger. Nasa was concerned the strips could have caused […]

A blog every second!

Matt | August 2, 2005 |

The blog community is continuing to grow at an exceptional rate. According to blog trackers Technorati one new blog site is created every second! The current number of blogs tracked by Technorati is 14.2m blogs, up from 7.8m in March. It suggests, on average, the number of blogs is doubling every five months. Blogs, the […]

Shuttle to be repaired in space!

Matt | August 2, 2005 |

Astronaut Stephen Robinson will make a space walk underneath the Shuttle Discovery to remove strips that are sticking out between heat shield tiles on Discovery’s belly. Nasa is concerned the dangling material – called gap fillers – could cause part of the shuttle to overheat as it re-enters the atmosphere. Nasa confirmed that debris did […]

Olympic Lottery Taxed?

Matt | July 31, 2005 |

I work in London and consider myself to be a part-time Londoner. I was pleased when the Olympic comittee awarded the 2012 Olympic Games to London. I did wonder how London would finance such a major sporting event but my question was soon answered: The UK National Lottery Camelot who run the UK national lottery […]