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Throughout today, the 12 astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS), featuring both members of the orbital outpost and the docked space shuttle Atlantis, will conduct the last maintenance work on the facility. This is the last day the two crews will spend together, as Atlantis is scheduled to undock tomo... |
24 November 2009
08:25 GMT |
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Two astronauts from the crew of space shuttle Atlantis managed to successfully complete all of the tasks allotted to them in the third spacewalk of the STS-129 assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The third and last extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Atlantis flight took place yesterday, but ... |
24 November 2009
03:00 GMT |
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After Saturday's glorious extra-vehicular activity (EVA), which saw a large number of tasks, and then some, being fulfilled in a very short time frame, Atlantis astronauts took to space again today. Robert Satcher, Jr and Randy Bresnik, the NASA astronaut who just got a new baby girl on Sunday, are currently out... |
23 November 2009
20:01 GMT |
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On Saturday, astronauts aboard the NASA space shuttle Atlantis, and the International Space Station (ISS) raced through the second spacewalk planned for the STS-129 assembly flight. In fact, they went about their businesses so well, that they managed to even squeeze in a few jobs that were originally scheduled to be ... |
23 November 2009
02:24 GMT |
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Freshly arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday afternoon, the space shuttle Atlantis is already being unloaded of its massive containers carrying spare parts, in the mission's first spacewalk. Three such extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) are scheduled for the 11-day mission. During all of the... |
19 November 2009
10:57 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis managed a picture-perfect docking sequence to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, as the two massive spacecraft were flying some 220 miles (354 kilometers) above the surface of the planet. The STS-129 flight will spend about 11 days in orbit, during which time the six astronaut... |
19 November 2009
02:45 GMT |
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All NASA shuttles are protected upon atmospheric reentry by a ceramics-based heat shield, which is able to handle the thousands of degrees that heat up the spacecraft' underbellies. For all their resilience, these heat shields are extremely sensitive, and even minor impacts can cause very dangerous dents. After ... |
18 November 2009
02:35 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency NASA praise their own achievement, of launching the fifth shuttle flight for this year, a launch rate that has not been achieved since 2002, before Columbia's disaster. In the STS-129 mission, the shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Launch Pad 39A facility at the Kennedy ... |
17 November 2009
01:51 GMT |
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NASA mission controllers and planners have decided that the space shuttle Atlantis is in excellent shape to fly tomorrow, on the STS-129 assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft will take off from the Launch Pad 39A complex at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It w... |
15 November 2009
06:04 GMT |
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New composite materials on the nanoscale have recently been developed by experts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and are now ready for test deployment. They will be carried to the low-Earth orbit by the space shuttle Atlantis, during its scheduled November 16 launch. When the spacecraft docks at the Am... |
13 November 2009
10:19 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis has finally been cleared for its November 16 flight to the International Space Station (ISS), officials at the American space agency announce. They say that all preliminary issues associated with the new launch have been taken care of, and that problems that may appear in the future will be... |
31 October 2009
06:16 GMT |
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For the first time in the history of the American space agency, the Kennedy Space Center has two completely different rockets poised for take-off at their respective launch pads. Both of the designs already carry, or will carry in the near future, astronauts to the low-Earth orbit, or other destinations closer to hom... |
27 October 2009
03:06 GMT |
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According to officials at the American space agency NASA, the launch data for ISS flight STS-129 by space shuttle Atlantis was moved back four days, to November 16. The decision was made so that engineers working with the ARES I-X rocket would have more time to prepare the new delivery system for its maiden flight, s... |
20 October 2009
04:29 GMT |
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On October 18, 1989, the Galileo Jupiter mission was launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, during STS-34. It was scheduled to arrive in the gas giant's orbit on December 7, 1995, but it had to follow a very complex path through the solar syste... |
20 October 2009
02:40 GMT |
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In spite of the uncertainties plaguing the future launch of space shuttle Atlantis, the spacecraft was rolled out to its launch pad early on Wednesday, in anticipation of its November take-off date. It will take to the International Space Station (ISS) from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Ca... |
15 October 2009
01:55 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA decided to perform some last-minute adjustments to the schedule of space shuttle Atlantis, which is due to fly the STS-129 (assembly flight ULF3) to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch has been set for November 12, although the actual take-off is still uncertain. There are... |
12 October 2009
06:45 GMT |
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The Greek historian and philosopher Plato represents the only Ancient account of the existence of the mythical island of Atlantis. In other words, any other evidence or tale about the “sunken island” is, in one way or the other, connected to the historian's writings. Now, experts analyzing the small ... |
9 October 2009
11:08 GMT |
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Mission planners at NASA are currently in doubt whether the space shuttle Atlantis will be able to launch on November 12, as originally planned. Apparently, the increased space traffic, incoming meteor showers, and a very narrow launch window may force officials to either delay the launch, or move it to next year alt... |
6 October 2009
14:31 GMT |
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After several days of constant pressure and worrying, NASA engineers, mission controllers, and officials can breathe in relief. The knob that has been stuck between the front-side window and the instrument panel inside the cockpit of space shuttle Atlantis has now been removed. At this moment, experts with the Americ... |
2 July 2009
05:52 GMT |
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The recently refurbished Hubble Space Telescope gave engineers at NASA a startle, when it froze up just weeks after the STS-125 space shuttle Atlantis mission to repair it. During the downtime, which lasted for about 14 hours on Monday morning, the most famous observatory in the world locked its handlers from accessi... |
19 June 2009
02:42 GMT |
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If all goes according to plan, Saturday will see the launch of space shuttle Endeavor to the International Space Station, on the STS-127 construction mission. Seven astronauts will spend more than 16 days in space, performing five spacewalks, and upgrading the ISS with improved robotic arms, as well as with two new a... |
9 June 2009
02:59 GMT |
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After a two-day trek atop its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Boeing 747 jumbo jet, the orbiter Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday evening, under the gaze of large crowds gathered on route for the occasion. After landing safely at the Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California on Ma... |
4 June 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Despite fears that it will not be able to take off due to technical issues, the space shuttle Atlantis took to the air yesterday, June 1, atop a shuttle carrier aircraft (SCA) Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 100-ton orbiter was eventually installed without problems on its support, and every last piece of equipment had alre... |
2 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Today, the American space agency may begin transporting its space shuttle Atlantis back to the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, after the spacecraft's successful Sunday landing at the Edwards Air Force Base, in Southern California. However, the move may not be done today, despite the schedule, mostly because of... |
30 May 2009
05:28 GMT |
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Once the space shuttle Atlantis successfully landed on Sunday at the Edwards Air Force Base, in Southern California, NASA's satellite repair program ended. The fifth and final mission to repair the world's most famous telescope also represented the last manned mission in space to repair such instruments, at... |
28 May 2009
05:33 GMT |
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Engineers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have recently said that they are extremely pleased with the instrument's new performances, made possible through the most complex orbital mission in history, space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125. The 13-day excursion saw the complete overhaul of the famous observ... |
27 May 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis had only two landing windows today, one on the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 10:11 am EDT (1411 GMT), and the other at the Edwards Air Force Base, in Southern California, at 11:40 am EDT (1540 GMT). After bad weather made the KSC landing impossible, NASA mission contro... |
24 May 2009
14:14 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the space shuttle Atlantis had three landing windows and five landing opportunities yesterday, the weather surrounding the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, and the Edwards Air Force base, in Southern California, did not cooperate with the astronauts. At the spaceport, severe thunderstorms,... |
24 May 2009
03:45 GMT |
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The seven-astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis have spent another day in space, after both their landing windows at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, have failed due to bad weather, heavy rain, clouds and strong winds. The streak has been going on for a few days, and Mission Control has no way of know... |
23 May 2009
04:16 GMT |
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The seven-astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis was told by Mission Control that it would have to spend a little more time in space, on account of the fact that the weather around the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, didn't look great. STS-125 Entry Flight Director Norm Knight announced that there wa... |
22 May 2009
02:26 GMT |
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After successfully completing the most complex space mission ever, of repairing the ailing Hubble Space Telescope in five back-to-back spacewalks, the seven-astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis is currently working hard on getting the spacecraft ready for its Friday landing at the Kennedy Space Center, in... |
21 May 2009
10:18 GMT |
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After a successful series of five back-to-back spacewalks, performed over five very intense days, the astronauts aboard Atlantis released the Hubble Space Telescope back into its orbit, and moved their own shuttle in a lower orbit, preparing for the atmospheric reentry process. This is scheduled to take place on Frid... |
20 May 2009
01:45 GMT |
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Later today, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis will bid farewell to the renewed Hubble Space Telescope, after they have managed to successfully install $220 million worth of new instruments aboard the observatory, and also to repair existing damage. In a series of unbelievably long and hard spacewalks, str... |
19 May 2009
10:00 GMT |
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Yesterday's fifth and final servicing spacewalk to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope was successfully completed by Atlantis Astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel, in seven hours and two minutes. The final upgrades and finishing touches to the space observatory were also added, and the two even manag... |
19 May 2009
01:37 GMT |
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Astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel have just recently begun performing their fifth and final maintenance spacewalk on the Hubble Space Telescope, aiming to install new batteries and another insulating layer on the aging observatory. The batteries have never been changed since the instrument was first delive... |
18 May 2009
09:40 GMT |
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Astronauts Michael Massimino and Michael Good conducted the fourth out of five spacewalks of the STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on Sunday, and successfully managed to repair the observatory's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) instrument. Installed in 1997, it failed in 2004, and was neve... |
18 May 2009
02:14 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis have just finished their second spacewalk yesterday, and managed to install six new sets of gyroscopes onto the 19-year-old space telescope. However, the very last box proved to have different dimensions than its holder, and so it could not be installed. But NASA had antic... |
16 May 2009
02:37 GMT |
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Backgrounded by a pale blue Earth, Atlantis astronauts can be seen live in this NASA TV webcast of the American space agency while working on replacing the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) with the WFPC 3 instrument, which will boost the telescope's vision considerably. The replacement procedure is only the... |
14 May 2009
11:18 GMT |
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The 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, the most well-known and productive observatory in the world, is now affixed to the space shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay. The crew managed to successfully pull in the satellite yesterday, at around 1:14 pm EDT (1714 GMT), using their spacecraft's robotic arm. The maneuver... |
14 May 2009
01:58 GMT |
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With space shuttle Atlantis en route to repair and upgrade it, the Hubble Space Telescope must now say goodbye to its longest-running optical camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), which will be decommissioned over the next few days. In honor of the device, which has shown us the Universe for what it real... |
13 May 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The seven astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis have concluded that their spacecraft has suffered only minor damages from debris that hit it during lift-off. Images and readings collected with the sensor pole showed only minor dings alongside a few of the tiles making up its heat shield, and NASA engineers hav... |
13 May 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Crew members aboard the newly launched space shuttle Atlantis have begun to conduct their first inspection of the craft's heat shield a few hours ago, an event that has become standard procedure since the Colombia accident, back in 2003. The investigation has even more meaning for Atlantis than it had for Discov... |
12 May 2009
09:38 GMT |
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It's official! The space shuttle Atlantis is now in Earth's orbit and is currently tracking down the Hubble Space Telescope. The blast-off went on with just two minor glitches, but they had no impact on the spacecraft's main systems, so engineers at NASA did not abort the mission again. The lift-off to... |
12 May 2009
02:13 GMT |
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Every single engineer and every single piece of equipment is ready for space shuttle Atlantis' launch today, NASA officials have announced. The lift-off will take place at 2.01 pm EDT (1801 GMT) from launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Agency workers have also rolled back the protective shrou... |
11 May 2009
01:58 GMT |
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The American space agency gave today its final consent for tomorrow's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on the fifth and last mission to service the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. So, the spacecraft will blast off on Monday, May 11, at 2:01 pm EDT, from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape C... |
10 May 2009
05:00 GMT |
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The NASA American space agency, together with the Warner Bros. Pictures movie company, and the IMAX Corporation announced yesterday that they would again collaborate during the STS-125 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, when a number of IMAX 3D cameras would be taken to space, to document everything. In what w... |
5 May 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency have deemed it safe for the Atlantis space shuttle to lift off one day earlier than the previously planned May 12th launch date. The move was prompted by concerns that the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission could adversely affect the schedule that NASA had devised for the ... |
4 May 2009
02:40 GMT |
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NASA officials announced on Thursday that they planned to move the STS-125 mission launch date a day earlier, in order to be able to avoid conflicts that may occur with other spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. If this new plan is approved next week, then Atlantis could lift off on May 11th, at 2:01 p... |
24 April 2009
02:25 GMT |
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The American space agency announced yesterday that the space shuttle Endeavor would be moved to its Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B on Friday, April 17th. The 4.2-mile-long track will take approximately 7 hours to complete aboard the crawler-transport, the second largest tracked vehicle in the world. According to... |
14 April 2009
16:01 GMT |
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On May 12th, NASA plans to launch mission STS-125, during which the Atlantis space shuttle will fly the fifth and final repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Because the orbit of the observatory is very different from that of the International Space Station (ISS), if something is to go wrong, the seven-me... |
11 April 2009
05:24 GMT |
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