Space shuttle on verge of final landing
(AP) -- Perfect weather awaited space shuttle Atlantis on Thursday for the very last landing of the 30-year program.
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2011
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Last space shuttle aims for Thursday landing (Update)
(AP) -- On the eve of NASA's historic, wheel-stopping end to the shuttle program, the four astronauts making the final journey and the flight controllers who will guide them home said Wednesday they're starting to feel a ...
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2011
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NASA inks agreement with maker of Atlas V rocket
NASA said Monday that it had reached an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to try to adopt the Atlas V commercial rocket to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2011
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Last space shuttle crew almost done packing up
(AP) -- The astronauts making NASA's last shuttle flight are almost done packing up their gigantic suitcase for the ride home.
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2011
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Fuel cell mobile lighting system featured at Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
Fuel cells are used in the space shuttle as one component of the electrical power system, so perhaps it was appropriate that a hydrogen fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system could be seen on the grounds of the Kennedy ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 14, 2011
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Astronauts getting time off in space, finally
(AP) -- After a hectic week in orbit, the astronauts on NASA's last space shuttle flight got some time off Thursday to savor their historic experience.
Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2011
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Astronauts turn into 'moving men' at space station
(AP) -- The 10 astronauts on the orbiting shuttle-station complex can turn all their attention to hauling things back and forth now that their single spacewalk is over.
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2011
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NASA adds extra day to Atlantis's final mission
Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis will get one extra day in space as they restock the International Space Station with a year's worth of food and supplies, NASA said Monday.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2011
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Q&A: Saying goodbye to the space shuttle
With the final launch of the Atlantis, NASA retires its space shuttle program. We spoke to Professor Chris Damaren of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies about the end of an era in manned space travel.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2011
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Debris threat avoided at space station: NASA
A piece of Soviet space debris is not likely to collide with the International Space Station after all, and astronauts have moved ahead with restocking the orbiting lab, NASA said Monday.
Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2011
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