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After 38 years of service, and 33,004.1 hours of flight, one of only two NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is being retired from active service. Codenamed NASA 911, the heavily-modified Boeing 747 saw plenty of action during the days of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP).The SCA were responsible for carrying the shutt... |
14 February 2012
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On Tuesday, October 11, Endeavour became the first space shuttle to be officially transferred over to the museum where it will be permanently displayed. Representatives from the American space agency have signed over the spacecraft to the California Science Center, in Los Angeles.
At the ceremony – which to... |
12 October 2011
03:23 GMT |
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As the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) was being set up, researchers acknowledged the need to have the orbiters remain in constant contact with Mission Control. Out of this necessity, the Integrated Network was born, a multi-purpose installation capable of achieving this monumental task. For the following 30 years, the n... |
16 September 2011
11:03 GMT |
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Now that the American Space Shuttle Program (SSP) is over, the main contractors NASA that worked with for so many years are laying off their workforce. More than 1,000 people are expected to be let go by the end of this month alone, officials say. In the months leading up to the last shuttle flight – Atlantis&#... |
11 August 2011
08:46 GMT |
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Even after their retirement from active duty, the three operating NASA space shuttles will be providing experts at the American space agency with a wealth of data. As the orbiters are prepared for permanent displays at several museums, technicians have been instructed to remove many parts for analysis.Some of these c... |
1 August 2011
09:21 GMT |
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Now that the American Space Shuttle Program (SSP) has come to a halt, more than 3,200 employees will be laid off. After more than three decades of work, one of the most highly-specialized workforces in the world will be disbanded.
Atlantis, Endeavour and Discovery have all completed their final missions and are c... |
23 July 2011
05:04 GMT |
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It's official: the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) has come to a halt, after more than 30 years as a global leader in space exploration. The orbiter Atlantis has just concluded its final mission ever, landing at the Kennedy Space Center at 5:57 am EDT (0957 GMT), Thursday, July 21. This was the last flight of the SS... |
21 July 2011
08:01 GMT |
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Increasingly often, analysts are arguing that the retirement of the three orbiters and the shutdown of the American Space Shuttle Program (SSP) will knock the United States off its position as a dominant power in all matter related to space exploration. The age of the shuttles will come an end tomorrow, on July 21, w... |
20 July 2011
10:19 GMT |
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The four astronauts making up Atlantis' STS-135 crew are currently getting ready to take the shuttle on a final trip back home, to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The orbiter is now due to land on Thursday, July 21, at 5:57 am EDT (0957 GMT).
The hatches connecting Atlantis to the International Sp... |
18 July 2011
02:48 GMT |
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A team of engineers at the American space agency is conducting a series of investigations of the space shuttle Atlantis and its launch pad, after two massive lightnings struck within less than a miles from the sensitive spacecraft. The events took place yesterday, July 7, just one day ahead of the orbiter's last... |
8 July 2011
03:00 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that there is a chance space shuttle Atlantis' final flight may be delayed due to bad weather in Florida. Forecasts indicate that thunderstorms and rain clouds may pass over the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this Friday. Atlantis is scheduled to fly its final mission &ndas... |
6 July 2011
14:01 GMT |
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The cargo that the space shuttle Atlantis will be carrying to low-Earth orbit (LEO) during its last flight has now been delivered to the Launch Pad 39A facility. This is where the orbiter is undergoing final preparations ahead of its planned July 8 takeoff. The cargo pod containing everything Atlantis will soar to th... |
17 June 2011
12:00 GMT |
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Experts with the European Space Agency (ESA) say that they plan to have a robotic mini-shuttle up and running by no later than 2020. The small, unmanned spacecraft will be able to carry experiments to low-Earth orbit, and maybe even travel to the International Space Station (ISS).This project is currently only in its... |
14 June 2011
03:22 GMT |
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Officials at NASA say that the space shuttle Endeavour will soon begin undergoing the necessary preparations for converting it from a flight-ready spacecraft to a museum exhibit. There are numerous toxic chemicals on the orbiter, that need to be removed before it can be displayed to the public. As announced earlier t... |
2 June 2011
08:30 GMT |
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The space shuttle Endeavour has landed at the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC), successfully completing its 25th and final mission. Touchdown took place at 2:35 am EDT (0635 GMT).During the STS-134 mission, the spacecraft spent 15 days, 17 hours and about 40 minutes in space, of which nearly 11 days were spent docked ... |
1 June 2011
02:51 GMT |
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The space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-astronaut crew are on track for a planned June 1 landing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. STS-134 is the last-ever mission to be carried out using this orbiter. Upon its return, the spacecraft will be retired to a museum.Endeavour separated from the Internationa... |
31 May 2011
03:24 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour have recently conducted a new heat shield inspection, meant to alleviate any lingering fears at NASA Mission Control, about the orbiter's safety. During the new survey, the shuttle's nose cap and wind edges were targeted.
The procedure was carried out several ... |
26 May 2011
02:58 GMT |
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The American space agency will make a special announcement today, NASA spokespersons said this morning. It was revealed that the nature of the announcement concerns the deep space human exploration program that the organization chose to follow. NASA officials will be making the statement at 3:30 pm EDT (1930 GMT), Sp... |
25 May 2011
01:01 GMT |
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As the space shuttle Endeavour soared into the skies during its final launch ever, the heat shield that protects the spacecraft during atmospheric reentry may have suffered some minor damage, NASA says.Engineers and other experts at the American space agency are currently investigating images sent back by the STS-134... |
20 May 2011
03:18 GMT |
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At 8:56 am EDT (1256 GMT) this morning, May 16, the space shuttle Endeavour took off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, on its last mission ever. The spacecraft will spend 16 days in space, delivering an advanced experiment and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).The flight, dubbed STS-134... |
16 May 2011
09:50 GMT |
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Engineers at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, have already begun fueling the space shuttle Endeavour with the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen propellants that it needs to get to orbit.
The process was started at 11:35 pm EDT Sunday (0335 GMT Monday, May 16) and concluded about three hours later. Milli... |
16 May 2011
01:45 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency have confirmed May 16 as the launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's final mission. At the same time, the launch of shuttle Atlantis has been delayed to July, although an exact takeoff date is currently unknown. Endeavour was originally supposed to launch to the Interna... |
10 May 2011
04:14 GMT |
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Though it was originally supposed to last for less than 48 hours, the delay affecting space shuttle Endeavour's final mission has now been extended to more than 17 days. NASA officials have just announced that the orbiter will not take off before May 16 at the earliest.
Over the past week, the mission saw it... |
7 May 2011
04:29 GMT |
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Though the American space agency had originally planned to delay shuttle Endeavour's last launch from Friday, April 29 to Monday, May 2, apparently this schedule cannot be kept. Officials at NASA said over the weekend that engineers need at least a week to fix issues affecting the spacecraft.
At first, expert... |
2 May 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Just before the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its final mission on Friday, April 29, experts at NASA discovered a malfunction aboard the spacecraft that forced them to scrub the attempt.
The orbiter remained grounded, and a new launch date has been set for two days from now. The damage engineers at the Kenn... |
30 April 2011
03:50 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency say that a series of brush fires erupted around the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) yesterday, April 27. They are also quick to add that the space shuttle Endeavor is not endangered by the flames in any way. The orbiter is scheduled to launch on its final mission – designated... |
28 April 2011
08:16 GMT |
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On April 29, the space shuttle Endeavor will launch on its last mission ever, and the American space agency expects that thousands of people will turn up for the occasion. This is usually the case with any shuttle launch, but this one – and Atlantis' after it – is special. Officials with the NASA Ken... |
22 April 2011
08:49 GMT |
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US President Barack Obama recently took some time to respond to critics saying that the allocation of the retiring space shuttles to their new homes was a decision made based on political reasons. He explained that the White House had no say in the decision. The way NASA chose to handle the three orbiters after their... |
21 April 2011
03:07 GMT |
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With the inevitable retirement of the American space shuttle this summer, the United States will be left without any means of putting people or cargo in low-Earth orbit. This is why authorities are now starting to urge private spaceship builders to step up and fill the void left behind by the orbiters. Discovery alre... |
14 April 2011
04:14 GMT |
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On Tuesday, April 12, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden finally made the much-anticipated statement regarding the final homes of the three functioning space shuttles. Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavor will soon become centerpieces of exhibits at three museums around the United States. The decision made the recipients ... |
14 April 2011
03:06 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency are expected to make an important announcement next week, which will finally clear the mystery as to where the space shuttles will be displayed after retirement.Discovery has already completed its career with the STS-133 mission earlier this year, and it's Endeavor's... |
9 April 2011
03:53 GMT |
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First and foremost, the International Space Station (ISS) is a scientific research facility, and astronauts aboard are also professionals trained in handling a variety of experiments. Some of the studies they are conducting could help experts determine how infectious diseases spread in space.As more and more results ... |
22 March 2011
06:03 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency announce that they will load the space shuttle Endeavor's main payload onto the orbiter's cargo bay later this week. The complex maneuver should be among the last preparing the spacecraft for its final voyage. At this point, Endeavor is scheduled to launch on STS-134... |
21 March 2011
11:47 GMT |
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For all intents and purposes, the space shuttle Discovery is bound to be delivered to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in Washington DC. However, before that is done, NASA engineers will have another go at the spacecraft, performing an autopsy of sorts.
The procedure is necessary because the orbiter... |
16 March 2011
03:44 GMT |
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The space shuttle Endeavor has been rolled out to its seaside launch pad yesterday, March 10. It is now ready for preparations and tests that are routinely conducted before each orbiter launch. The vehicle is scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) no sooner than April 19, NASA officials say. It is ... |
11 March 2011
05:01 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery is about to say farewell to the International Space Station and outer space for ever. The spacecraft will separate from the orbital facility today, March 7, and head for a March 9 landing at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The 12 astronauts onboard the space lab got together on... |
7 March 2011
03:04 GMT |
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NASA officials announce that the space shuttle Endeavor will be rolled out to its launch pad on Wednesday, March 9, about a week from today. The orbiter is currently being prepared for its final flight to the International Space Station (ISS).It will take off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in ... |
2 March 2011
04:46 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency announce that they approved the rollout of space shuttle Endeavor from its hangar to the assembly facility where it will be mated with its other components. The move is scheduled to take place today, Monday, February 28, starting at 7 am EST (1200 GMT). The orbiter is being pr... |
28 February 2011
05:48 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that, if the Obama Administration's 2012 budget proposal passes through Congress in its current form, then NASA would receive sufficient money to afford to launch the space shuttle Atlantis later this year. Originally, Discovery and Endeavor were supposed to fly the las... |
15 February 2011
03:17 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery appears to be plagued by bad luck. After all it's been through since late October, the orbiter underwent two new check-ups on the night of February 8 and the morning of February 9. A tool used to repair the spacecraft came loose and fell to the ground at the launch pad.The accident to... |
10 February 2011
03:02 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the space shuttle Discovery will be rolled out to its launch facilities on Monday, January 31, in preparation for a February 24 launch opportunity.They add that the engineering crews at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, finished the necessary repairs, tha... |
26 January 2011
04:52 GMT |
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The American space agency has just issued a notice related to the availability of certain capabilities located at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. These space processing and support facilities were used for the shuttles, but NASA will soon have no additional use for them.
As such, the agency is interes... |
25 January 2011
02:57 GMT |
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Officials with NASA and the Space Shuttle Program have decided that space shuttle Atlantis will fly the STS-135 mission, its last, on June 28, 2011. This will also be the last launch of the SSP as a whole, crowning nearly three decades of uninterrupted orbiter use. If all goes according to the current NASA launch man... |
21 January 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency decided in a meeting held yesterday, January 6, to postpone the launch of space shuttle Discovery yet again, this time to late February. The spacecraft was supposed to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than February 3.According to sources at NASA, the... |
7 January 2011
13:11 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery is currently scheduled to take off in its STS-133 mission no earlier than February 3, and engineering teams at NASA are racing around the clock to ensure that the spacecraft is ready for the flight. The orbiter is headed for the International Space Station (ISS), where it will deliver a ne... |
6 January 2011
03:23 GMT |
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According to officials at the American space agency, it would appear that the space shuttle Discovery is currently being prepared for its February launch. However, engineering teams say that there troubles plaguing the spacecraft are a lot more serious that originally thought.Due to the large number of cracks that we... |
3 January 2011
03:46 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the space shuttle Discovery is currently undergoing final preparations for its roll off the launch pad, and back into a processing facility.Discovery, originally scheduled to take off on its final trip to space ever in early November, has been on the Launch Pad 39A... |
21 December 2010
05:07 GMT |
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Following more than six weeks of delays from its originally-planned launch date, the shuttle Discovery is currently undergoing a large battery of tests. Engineers at NASA want to ensure that everything is in order for the February lift-off, and also that the root cause of the past glitches is discovered.
While at... |
18 December 2010
03:48 GMT |
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The space shuttle Discovery has been standing at its launch pad in Florida since September 20, aiming for a launch last month. But delays have pushed the mission well into next year, and so engineers at NASA have taken the logical next step, which is to return the orbiter to its hangar. The decision was made yesterda... |
14 December 2010
05:32 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that solar winds in fact contain significantly higher amounts of oxygen within than anyone believed was possible. The research was recently published in a top scientific journal. Though astronomers have known for quite some time that the Sun is rich in oxygen suppl... |
6 December 2010
09:35 GMT |
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