{"id":31995,"date":"2011-02-27T16:43:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T16:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasa%e2%80%99s-space-shuttle-robot-astronaut-go-up-but-glory-stays-down-80beats\/"},"modified":"2011-02-27T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T16:43:39","slug":"nasa%e2%80%99s-space-shuttle-robot-astronaut-go-up-but-glory-stays-down-80beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/nasa%e2%80%99s-space-shuttle-robot-astronaut-go-up-but-glory-stays-down-80beats.php","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Space Shuttle & Robot Astronaut Go Up, but Glory Stays Down | 80beats"},"content":{"rendered":"

For NASA, this was a week of launches and lack of launches. The space shuttle Discovery successfully blasted off yesterday on its final mission, but NASA’s climate-watching Glory satellite<\/a>, which was scheduled to launch on Wednesday, is still stuck on the ground.<\/p>

With an estimated 40,000 viewers at the Kennedy Space Center, Discovery launched at 4:53:24 p.m. ET on Thursday. Its crew of six is bound for the International Space Station, after four months of delay due to fuel tank repairs.<\/p>

“Discovery now making one last reach for the stars,” the Mission Control commentator said once the shuttle cleared the launch tower. [CBS News<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>

Also on board is the first ever space-bound humanoid robot: Robonaut 2<\/a>, or R2. This robot resembles a human from the waist up, and may eventually take on tedious chores and complete station repairs that are too dangerous for humans. At it entered space the robot tweeted<\/a> (via its earthly handlers): “I’m in space! HELLO UNIVERSE!!!”<\/p>

Discovery will reach the space station Saturday, delivering a small chamber full of supplies and an experimental humanoid robot. “Look forward to having company here on ISS in a couple days,” station ...<\/p>

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