Atlantis space shuttle with a crew of six astronauts was launched successfully to deliver a load of spare parts to the International Space Station. Space Shuttle had a successful launch from Pad 39A at 2:28Pm Easter Time on Monday, November 16.THE ATLANTIS Space Shuttle had a successful launch from Pad 39A at 2:28Pm Easter Time on Monday, November 16. The Space shuttle launch took place at the Kennedy...
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Space Shuttle Atlantis launched Monday afternoon as scheduled from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida.-- Space shuttle Atlantis launched Monday afternoon to deliver key spare parts to prolong the life of the International Space Station.The shuttle lifted off as scheduled, at 2:28 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral.The delivery will add years to the station's...
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Without a hardware store in orbit, the International Space Station has long relied on US space shuttles to haul up the large parts needed to assemble the laboratory in low-Earth orbit. But that delivery service is about to screech to a halt when NASA retires the ageing space shuttle fleet at the end of 2010.The loss of the shuttles and their "space truck" capabilities will force astronauts to hop rides...
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NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis this morning for its afternoon liftoff, and Lynchburg native Leland Melvin is on the crew....
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NASA on track for Monday space shuttle launch < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateNASA remains on track for a Monday launch of space shuttle Atlantis. Even the weather is looking great.Atlantis will deliver a full load of spare parts to the International Space Station, along with six astronauts who will unload everything.Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. Monday. Although an unmanned rocket did not take...
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| NASA on track for Monday space shuttle launch < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateNASA remains on track for a Monday launch of space shuttle Atlantis. Even the weather is looking great.Atlantis will deliver a full load of spare parts to the International Space Station, along with six astronauts who will unload everything.Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. Monday. Although an unmanned rocket did not...
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NASA on Tuesday delayed the test flight of an unmanned prototype moon rocket due to poor weather. The attempt to launch the 327-foot (100-metre) Ares 1-X rocket was reset for 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) on Wednesday.The flight is the centerpiece of a $445 million NASA technology demonstration program aimed at replacing the space shuttles. The shuttles, which began flying in 1981, are due to be retired next...
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space shuttle Atlantis on Pad 39A November 15, 2009 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Courtesy: AFP.The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts lift off on Monday on a mission to bring vital supplies, and spare parts to the nearly-completed International Space Station (ISS).Liftoff is set for 2:28 pm (1928 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center near Florida's Cape Canaveral, NASA said.Atlantis...
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NASA fuels space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff < ');" class="arial11blue1"> RateNASA fueled space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for an afternoon liftoff to the space station, despite increasingly cloudy skies.Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 70 percent, not nearly as good as previous days. Low clouds were the main concern for the 2:28 p.m. liftoff.The six astronauts woke up around the...
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astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis are making the first spacewalk of their mission.Michael Foreman and Robert Satcher will hook up a spare antenna and cables on the International Space Station (ISS).Three spacewalks are planned during the shuttle's 11-day visit, which began with a smooth docking on Wednesday.Atlantis blasted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Monday; it will deliver...
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