Space Shuttle Endeavour
hideSpace Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is one of three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Atlantis.) Endeavour is the fifth and final spaceworthy NASA space shuttle to be built, constructed as a replacement for Challenger. Endeavour first flew in May 1992 on mission STS-49 and is scheduled for decommissioning in 2010.
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ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to ...
Return to Sender: MISSE-6 Comes Home After More Than a Year in Space
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Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's been eight years since the first Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, arrived at the orbiting laboratory. During that time, more than 4,000 materials samples have ...
Space Porch Open for Business
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The International Space Station has a new "engawa" -- and it's open for business.
ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.
Astronauts return from space to sushi overload
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Aug 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Koichi Wakata was still getting used to gravity, though it wasn't going to stop him from diving into a deluge of sushi.
Shuttle Endeavour lands safe in Fla.
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Jul 31, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts returned to Earth on Friday, completing a long but successful construction job that boosted the size and power of the international space station.
Japanese astronaut tests endurance -- of his undies
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Jul 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check ...
Astronauts inspect space shuttle ahead of landing
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Jul 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts are inspecting their ship to make sure it's safe for Friday's landing.
Space shuttle Endeavour readies return to Earth
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station on Tuesday to take photographs of the orbiting research facility before final maneuvers to prepare its return home.
It's a day of farewells for 2 space crews
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- They've spent the past one-and-a-half weeks together in space, and now it's time for two teams of astronauts to say goodbye.
NASA patches air-purifying system on space station
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Jul 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A space station air purifier was working again Sunday after it shut down at the worst possible time, when company was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13.
Astronauts cut spacewalk short due to suit trouble (Update)
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Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two astronauts cut short their spacewalk and hurried back to the safety of the international space station on Wednesday after a suit problem resulted in rising carbon dioxide levels for one of the ...
How do you sneeze in a spacesuit? Very carefully
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Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When it comes to sneezing in a spacesuit during a spacewalk in the void of space, it is best to aim well.
Astronauts Move Japanese Exposed Section to Station
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Jul 21, 2009 |
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Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts completed the delicate move of the Japanese Experiment Section from Endeavour's payload bay to the end of the Japanese Exposed Section, the so-called "porch" on the Kibo ...
Space station astronauts fix broken toilet: NASA
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Jul 20, 2009 |
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NASA avoided a rather messy situation in space Monday after giving astronauts aboard the International Space Station the green light to use a toilet after crew members worked for a day to repair it.
