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US shuttle, the most complex flying machine ever built
The US space shuttle is the most complex and costly flying machine ever built. It helped build a pioneering space outpost but also kept Americans confined to low Earth orbit for 30 years.
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Jul 20, 2011 |
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NASA to Set Official Shuttle Discovery Launch Date
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers are engaged in the executive-level Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, to evaluate Discovery’s readiness for launch.
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Final countdown: Atlantis to carry next-generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage
On July 8, at approximately 11:26 a.m. EDT, the space shuttle Atlantis will streak skyward from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A, for one last mission. While the STS-135 flight marks the end of the ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Final shuttle voyagers conduct countdown practice at Florida launch pad
The “Final Four” shuttle astronauts who will ever voyage to Earth orbit aboard a NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter jetted into the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this week for their final simulated countdown ...
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Jun 28, 2011 |
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Image: Endeavour's final voyage
(PhysOrg.com) -- An exhaust cloud forms around Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Endeavour soars into the sky on the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. ...
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May 17, 2011 |
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Endeavour poised for next-to-last US shuttle flight
NASA Sunday readied the space shuttle Endeavour for its final mission with liftoff set for 8:56 am (1256 GMT) Monday on the next-to-last flight for the American shuttle program.
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May 15, 2011 |
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Image: Prepping Endeavour
(PhysOrg.com) -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, a technician makes his way across a platform in space shuttle Endeavour's aft section as work began to remove and replace the aft load control ...
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May 04, 2011 |
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Image: Endeavour on the Pad
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bathed in xenon lights, space shuttle Endeavour, attached to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters, took one last journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at ...
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Mar 11, 2011 |
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US shuttle Discovery on track for final landing
The US space program's oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, was on track to make its final Earth landing Wednesday after a near-perfect last mission to the space station.
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Mar 09, 2011 |
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Shuttle Discovery approaches Earth for last landing
The oldest and most traveled space shuttle, Discovery, is headed for its last landing on Earth Wednesday before becoming the first of three to retire in a US museum.
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Mar 09, 2011 |
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NASA's space shuttle discovery rolls off launch pad tuesday
Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for additional work related to its final scheduled mission. The first ...
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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Image: Discovery and the Lunar Eclipse
Space shuttle Discovery waits to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the early morning hours of Dec 21, 2010, with the beginning ...
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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