AP – A week before Endeavour’s planned liftoff, NASA was analyzing a cabin leak in the space shuttle Tuesday. The leak was detected over the weekend. NASA thought it fixed the problem by tightening a loose bolt, but testing Monday night confirmed air was still escaping from the crew cabin, said NASA spokeswoman Tracy Young.
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More than 11 000 people have been evacuated from two of Spain’s Canary Islands – Tenerife and Gran Canaria – as firefighters try to get the blazes under control, according to local authorities.
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The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express obtained images of the Tyrrhena Terra region on Mars.
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AP – NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander won’t blast off on the first day of its three-week launch window because of bad weather in Florida. Stormy weather at Cape Canaveral delayed loading of fuel onto the Delta 2 rocket Tuesday, delaying by a least a day the first possible launch attempt. The next launch attempt is now set for 2:34 a.m. Saturday.
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SPACE.com – NASA delayedthe planned launch of its Phoenix Mars lander by 24 hours Tuesday as engineers tracean apparent cabin leak aboard the shuttle Endeavour for a separate spaceflight.
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AFP – NASA engineers have discovered a leak in space shuttle Endeavour's cabin and are rushing to find its source to prevent a delay in the mission's launch, a US space agency spokesman said Tuesday.
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AFP – Adverse weather Tuesday at Cape Canaveral, Florida, delayed by 24 hours the launch of Mars probe "Phoenix" on its novel mission to dig in Martian soil for water and signs of life, NASA said.
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AFP – British satellite broadcaster BSkyB on Tuesday said it had agreed to buy consumer electronics group Amstrad, which is headed by entrepreneur and founder Sir Alan Sugar.
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