Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission of the shuttle will last 12 days, the crew consists of six members: Commander Kenneth with Ham, pilot Anthony Antonelli and specialists Garrett Reisman, Michael Hood, Piers Sellers and Stephen Bowen. Atlantis is to deliver to [...]
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Discovery docked at the ISS, sets record women’s presence in space
The U.S. space shuttle Discovery, with seven crew on board, is now docked to the International Space Station, said a spokesman for the U.S. NASA.The coupling of the shuttle was done on time, at 07.44 GMT. Discovery is commanded by Alan Poindexter, pilot Jim also travel Dutton, mission specialists Rick Mastracchio, Clayton Anderson, and colleagues [...]
Apr
5
2010
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The shuttle Discovery blasted off with seven astronauts
The shuttle Discovery blasted off Monday from the International Space Station (ISS) with seven astronauts. Discovery is scheduled to deliver a module called Leonardo Italian and carrying 17 tons of equipment and supplies, including cabinets, scientific experiments, four bunks, a cooling system and a freezer to store samples. The American shuttle, which took off one [...]
Feb
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2010
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Low cloud ceiling forced NASA to postpone the launch of Endeavor
A low cloud ceiling on Sunday forced NASA, the U.S. space agency to postpone the launch of the shuttle Endeavor by 24 hours . The shuttle Endeavor suppose to take six astronauts on board to the International Space Station (ISS) . “We tried really up but the weather was too unstable and we were simply [...]