Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four astronauts for the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, will answer reporters’ questions at 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 31, as shuttle Atlantis is moved to its ...
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The countdown for the final space shuttle launch begins today at 1 p.m. EDT. The STS-135 astronauts flew to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday. Today the crew members will review their ...
MISSION: STS-135 International Space Station Utilization/Logistics Flight 7 (ULF 7), the 135th and final launch of the space shuttle program and the 37th to the ISS. ORBITER: Atlantis (OV-104), making ...
HOUSTON — NASA’s four STS-135 astronauts marched through their last suited ascent simulations on June 16, lifting off four times in an integrated training session with their Johnson Space Center ...
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning, the four Atlantis astronauts put on their bright orange launch-and-entry suits and are traveling to Launch Pad 39A aboard the Astrovan, just as ...