News tagged with rescue shuttle

Rescue shuttle moved to launch pad just in case

(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour is on a launch pad, ready to rocket off on a rescue mission if shuttle Atlantis needs help when it flies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope next month.

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Atlantis moves in on Hubble to grab telescope (Update)

(AP) -- Shuttle Atlantis and its crew moved toward the Hubble Space Telescope for a 350-mile-high grab Wednesday that will set the stage for five days of treacherous spacewalking repairs in an orbit littered ...

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created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shuttle Atlantis blasts off on last Hubble mission

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift ...

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA: Nicks on shuttle don't appear to be serious

(AP) -- The Atlantis astronauts uncovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks on their space shuttle Tuesday, but NASA said the damage did not appear to be serious.

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created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Crew assigned on final NASA shuttle launch

NASA announced the four astronauts who will make up the crew of STS-335, the rescue mission that would fly only if needed to bring home the members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission, currently the final scheduled ...

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created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0