“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
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2010
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“Houston, Endeavour, wheels stopped”
Feb
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Endeavour returns safely
“Houston, it’s great to be home. It was a great adventure”, space shuttle Endeavour commander George Zamka radioed after completing a rare night time landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida today.
Endeavour’s STS-130 mission, which made a 13-day successful trip to the International Space Station, was carrying six astronauts. It landed at Cape Canaveral at [...]
Feb
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2010
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Shuttle Endeavour docking right in the space
Endeavour shuttle approached to the outstation post in the orbit to embrace the welcome of the team hooked up in space to construct the tranquility compartment, 200 miles from earth.
The shuttle landed at midnight in the outstation post. The view from the space station seems marvelous on the edge between earth and space. The team [...]
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 [...]