Keeping in mind the retirement of the fleet and as per everyone’s expectations NASA has pushed back the launch of its last two space shuttles into 2011. As per the new schedule the two flights are now to take off first in November 2010 and the second one in February 2011. The last two shuttle [...]
Jul
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2010
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2010
Feb
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2010
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2010
“Houston, Endeavour, wheels stopped”
“Houston, Endeavour, wheels stopped”, this was the message radioed to mission control after Shuttle’s Mission ended smoothly late Sunday. The shuttle Endeavour arrived at Kennedy Space Centre successfully leaving International Space Station behind in orbit.
The Space Station has a life support module and a bay window observation deck attached to it. [...]
Feb
22
2010
22
2010
Shuttle’s, safe landing
The space shuttle Endeavour reached home a little late, yesterday facing the partly cloudy night sky with a smooth landing, leaving the space with a sigh of relief that all is done and set out there in the International Space Station behind in orbit, equipped with a bay window observation deck.
Covering the journey of 5000 [...]
Feb
21
2010
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2010
Space shuttle Endeavour may have a delayed landing
Endeavour, the NASA space shuttle, that kicked took off with the six member crew is all set to land on earth tonight at 10.16 p.m at the Kennedy Space Center, if the weather condition remain favourable. Otherwise, Endeavour will be diverted to California or may have to spend another day in the orbit. The space [...]
Feb
19
2010
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2010
A multi-windowed observation deck has been installed, says NASA
The installation of a multi-windowed observation deck has finished by NASA astronauts what is going to be the best viewing platform ever. The multi-windowed observation deck that will offer Earth views from low Earth orbit. The deck is part of the new Tranquility node and this newly formed deck has been just delivered into orbit [...]
Feb
14
2010
14
2010
Spacewalking plumbers successfully hooking up ammonia coolant lines
After successfully hooking up ammonia coolant lines to the new Tranquility module, Endeavour astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick finished all tasks planned for the mission’s second spacewalk.
In their second spacewalk in three days, the spacewalk specialists fixed four long hoses to the space station’s new Tranquility node, thus completing the activation work at the [...]
Feb
9
2010
9
2010
Endeavour lifts off
Lighting up the early morning sky, the Endeavour space shuttle blasted off from the Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida on its was to the International Space Station, 200 miles high.
During the lift off, some pieces of insulation form had fallen off from the fuel tank, including a narrow one-foot strip.
As Endeavour slipped into [...]
Feb
7
2010
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2010