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Shuttle Atlantis to dock with space station

By: intellectual

The space shuttle Atlantis is heading for a late-morning rendezvous with the International Space Station. The shuttle and the orbiting stations are slated to dock Wednesday at 11:53 a.m. ET. But just before the link-up, Atlantis will perform a pirouette so that cameras at the ISS can do a final check for damage to the thermal tiles on the shuttle'...

7 days ago

Shuttle Atlantis docks with space station

By: inamshah

The space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station and the hatch separating the crews was opened for the traditional welcoming ceremony, Nasa said.The shuttle and its six astronauts left Florida's Kennedy Space Centre without a hitch on Monday on a 11-day voyage to deliver a 20,000-pound (9,071-kilogram) ...

7 days ago

Spacewalkers sprucing up the space station

By: azhar12

Two astronauts stepped out of the International Space Station on Thursday for the first of three spacewalks to stock the orbiting lab with spare parts. Veteran spacewalker Mike Foreman and rookie astronaut Bobby Satcher began the outing at 9:24 a.m. ET, just a few minutes behind schedule. The two NASA spacefliers are slated to spend about ...

6 days ago

NASA rocket launch advances Moon mission dream

By: arboofti

Friday, October 30, 2009 CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa successfully launched on Wednesday the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020.The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket in the world, blasted off at 11:30 am from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying with it the US space agency’s lofty ...

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