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NASA's fourth space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter, OV-104 "Atlantis," was named after the two-masted boat that served as the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts… More »
Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis flew 171 orbits around Earth and traveled 4,490,138 miles since its Nov. 16 launch.
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The public is invited to the Visitor Center Auditorium at NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland on Saturday, July 1 to view the launch of STS-121, as Space Shuttle Discovery is set to lift off the launch pad at 3:49 p.m. Discovery's mission is scheduled for 12 days with a landing on July 13. The STS-121 crew will...
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Learn when the next space shuttle launches. ... When does the next space shuttle launch? Find the date for the next launch as well as other planned missions at the Kennedy Space Center site. There you can explore:
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Current Space Shuttle Mission ... Next Rocket Launch ... Next Space Station Elements...
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This week, engineers at NASA centers in Florida and New Orleans hit major milestones in their preparations for the early October launch of the space shuttle Atlantis toward Hubble. ... Pieces Coming Together for Next Space Shuttle Launch ; By Tariq Malik; Senior Editor; posted: 7 August 2008; 6:31 pm ET;
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After numerous delays, NASA has scheduled the next space shuttle launch for March 11. ... Wakata is set to return to Earth aboard next station shuttle mission, STS-127, which is targeted to launch in June 2009. ... NASA Targets March 12 for Space Shuttle Launch;
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He had been in space once before, ... They wanted to fast-forward to the next night, ... The solid rocket boosters came off, and three minutes after launch the shuttle was seventy-three miles away. Not long after, someone at mission control said, “Endeavour, negative return,” and the sound of applause rose up from the...
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