Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with ... STS-129, included three spacewalks and the installation of two platforms to the International Space Station's truss, or backbone. The platforms hold large spare ... and its crew safely home, the stage is set for launch of shuttle Endeavour on its STS-130 mission, targeted to begin in ...

As we mentioned earlier today, the Atlantis Space Shuttle was due to return to Earth today, after its 11-day ... delivering 15 tons of spare parts. And according to gizmopassion.com, the Atlantis Space Shuttle did exactly that and finally touched down at the Kennedy Space ... as Atlantis touched Earth. Reports say that NASA’s next shuttle flight Endeavour, is scheduled to deliver more supplies to ...

... 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing space shuttle Endeavour for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Dec. 12. Throughout the next three days, they'll leak test Endeavour's environmental control and life support system. Techs also are testing the space shuttle main engine and aerosurface hydraulics, as well as testing and ...

... ;m taking Thursday and Friday off for the Thanksgiving holiday (except for covering the shuttle landing, of course). Here are some Web links to see you …. Atlantis to launch Monday afternoon – Examiner.com At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ... Helicopter Lands at Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Space shuttle Endeavour lands at ...

Space Fellowship Endeavour's STS-130 Mission Space Fellowship Commander George Zamka will lead the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Endeavour. Terry Virts will serve as the pilot. ... Picture of the Day – ProfileSpace Fellowship all 3 news articles »

... profesional educator applicants, Christa McAuliffe would have been the first teacher in space. 1989: First woman on a U.S. military flight - ... flight of the new shuttle Endeavour, which replaced Challenger. Helen Sharman1990: First woman to fly in space as a result of ... -American origin, has now spent more time walking in space than any other woman. She set the record as she and a crewmate upgraded ...

... .5 miles per orbit. Weather permitting the shuttle should land in Florida on Friday. Networkworld Extra: ... brisket, it could be tofu, it doesn't matter to me," shuttle commander Charles Hobaugh said before Atlantis launched ... long as Oleg Kotov of the Russian Federal Space Agency, NASA's Timothy Creamer ... space shuttle, Endeavor, STS-130 is aiming for a Feb 4, 2010 liftoff. Endeavour ...

... return - Write Stuff/Orlando Sentinel /-- Atlantis Rolls Home - Aviation Week The next Shuttle flight is scheduled for February 4th when Endeavour will deliver the final connecting node, Node 3 ... the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the International Space Station.

... Defense and against the legitimate operations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; an identity completely compromised by forces ... clock during the next ten days. By 8 p.m., the Space Radar Laboratory-1 experiments of NASA ... 59 Mission name STS-59 Space shuttle Endeavour Launch date April 9 ... Jim Spellman, executive director for the National Space Society's Western Spaceport Chapter ...

... as eye glasses. Launched in December 1993 aboard space shuttle Endeavour, the mission added the WFPC-2, about the ... . In March 2010, the instruments will return to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, where they will take up permanent residency. NASA's Jet ... was built by Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colo. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the ...