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Space Shuttle Atlantis
NASA's Atlantis shuttle was originally scheduled to launch in March before a freak hailstorm in February riddled the insulating foam of the spacecraft's external fuel tank with pockmarks and forced engineers to spend two months repairing... [more]
NASA's Atlantis shuttle was originally scheduled to launch in March before a freak hailstorm in February riddled the insulating foam of the spacecraft's external fuel tank with pockmarks and forced engineers to spend two months repairing it.
NASA Space Mission Patch for STS-110 The STS-110 mission begins the third and final phase of construction for the International Space Station (ISS) by delivering and installing the SØ truss segment that will be carried into orbit in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The Station’s robotic arm will remove the SØ segment from the Shuttle’s payload bay and place it on top of the United States Laboratory. During several space walks, SØ will be mechanically attached to ISS, and...
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On This Day In History June 29, 1995 The American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. Millions of viewers watched on television as Atlantis blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida on June 27, 1995. Just after 6 a.m. on June 29, Atlantis and its seven crew members approached Mir as both crafts orbited the Earth some 245 miles above Central Asia, near the Russian-Mongolian...
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Space shuttle closes in on space station HOUSTON - Shuttle Discovery closed in on the international space station early Monday with a super-size delivery: a scientific lab that's as big as a school busDiscovery was also ferrying up the space station's newest resident: astronaut Gregory Chamitoff. "We're having a great time up here. Today is going to be even more exciting as we get to see the space station as we approach and dock," Chamitoff said as the shuttle headed for its Monday...
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Okay the COOLEST thing happened while we were here in Florida this week. Yes, it justifies my use of all caps and yes, I still use the word "cool" it's just who I am--a child of the 80s (that and I can't bring myself to say "bomb" or "dope" instead). We visited Kennedy Space Center last Saturday which is something I've always thought would be fun to do. Maybe it's because I grew up with America's space program--I vividly remember the first space shuttle launch then later sitting in English...
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Astronauts work on Columbus lab HOUSTON - With two of their three spacewalks completed, the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex focused Thursday on getting the new Columbus lab up and runningNASA extended Atlantis' mission by a day on Wednesday to give the crew more time to work on the lab, Europe's main contribution to the international space station. The activation process has been running a little behind because of computer problems, but flight directors believe they've...
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Exciting Simulations ™ is proud to announce that work has started on the first add- on to the Space Shuttle Mission 2007™. The add-on will add the Space Shuttle STS-122 mission - which has begun on February 7 with the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and ended on February 20 ...
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ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang from Sweden has been assigned as a Mission Specialist on board the 11-day STS-128 mission, currently scheduled for launch with Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space ...
- Taking a shot at setting a "galactic record" (topix.com)
- Predicting the radiation risk to astronauts (topix.com)
- Swede set for second space adventure (thelocal.se)
A well traveled rose will be among the millions that make up the many New Year's Day floats in Tournament of Roses parade, thanks to a valley citrus rancher who asked his astronaut brother to make room in his flight bag. And Action News got a peek at to bring you the story!
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ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang from Sweden has been assigned as a Mission Specialist on
board the 11-day STS-128 mission, currently scheduled for launch with Space Shuttle Atlantis to the
International Space Station (ISS) on 30 July 2009. This will be Fuglesang's second flight, after being...
- ESA astronaut recruitment now open (topix.com)
NASA has started repairing a damaged Florida launch pad in preparation for the October launch of space shuttle Atlantis in a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The intense pressure from space shuttle Discovery's May 31 lau ...
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- Shuttle Launch Pad Repairs to Begin (space.com)
- NASA Repairs Shuttle Launch Pad (halflifesource.com)
- Space Shuttle Discovery Lands Safely (topix.com)
VIDEOS Source: RedOrbit Video Space Shuttle Atlantis Launching for STS-104 Mission Source: RedOrbit Video Source: RedOrbit Video STS-104 and Expedition Two Crews say Goodbye Source: RedOrbit Video ARTICLES NASA ...
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The first major flight hardware for the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is starting to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to begin preparations for its targeted October launch.
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10 flights before retirement NASA has released its final manifest for space shuttle launches before the fleet retires in 2010.…
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WASHINGTON - The final flight in NASA's space shuttle program will take off on May 31, 2010, four months before the fleet is retired after 30 years of service, the agency said Tuesday.
The last mission is one of 10 flights that NASA has planned for Endeavour, Discovery and Atlantis before they...
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NASA may move up the October launch date for Space Shuttle Atlantis because the orbiter's New Orleans-made fuel tanks are expected to be ready early.
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