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NASA Defends Shuttle Testing NASA officials denied they are cutting corners or cheapening safety standards in preparing the space shuttle for its first flight in more than two years.
In the News
NASA Postpones Shuttle's Return to Flight by a Week (Post, April 21, 2005)
NASA Chief Considering When to Launch Shuttle: Safety Changes May Not Be Ready, Griffin Says (Post, April 19, 2005)
In Earth Orbit, A Rendezvous Managed by Robotic Craft (Post, April 17, 2005)
Plan to Abandon Hubble Challenged: NASA Engineers Begin to Show How Telescope Could Be Serviced by Robots (Post, April 12, 2005)
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Mission to Mars
Historic Voyager Mission May Lose Its Funding (Post, April 4, 2005)
NASA Plans Cuts By Summer '06: Reduction of Workforce By 15.3 Percent Is Possible (Post, March 11, 2005)
NASA Gets Increased Funding to Explore the Moon, Mars (Post, Feb. 8, 2005)
SCIENCE: Notebook (Post, Jan. 3, 2005)
NASA Nurtures Inventors to Produce Space Wonders of the Future (Post, Jan. 2, 2005)
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International Space Station
Spacewalk Completed Early, With No Mishaps: Craft Stays Steady As Crew Works (Post, March 29, 2005)
Telecom Mogul's Lofty Dreams Plummet: Fun-Loving Space Aficionado and Eccentric Rebel Accused of Tax Evasion (Post, March 26, 2005)
Replaceable Part Fails On Space Station (Post, March 17, 2005)
'Mini-Arm' Installed On Space Station (Post, Jan. 27, 2005)
Space Station's Oxygen Generator Falters (Post, Jan. 6, 2005)
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The Columbia Disaster
Shuttle Safety Weighs Heavily on Fuel Tank: Key Is Minimizing Damage to Foam (Post, Feb. 27, 2005)
Panel Warns NASA of Shuttle Concerns (Post, Jan. 29, 2005)
How Foam Doomed Columbia Is Clarified: NASA Also Faults Past Assumptions (Post, Feb. 21, 2004)
A Year Later, NASA Looks Back and Moves Forward: Shuttle Disaster Spurs Change in Space Agency's Direction (Post, Feb. 1, 2004)
At Memorial, NASA Chief Reflects on Fatal Errors (Post, Jan. 30, 2004)
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