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NASA space shuttle Atlantis aims for final run at orbit

NASA is prepping the space shuttle Atlantis for what will likely be its final space flight. On May 14 the space agency expects to launch the venerable shuttle on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station that will among other tasks deliver the ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s Shuttle Atlantis Headed for Delivery Stop at Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will transport spare ...
Yahoo

Fact check: Purported photo of NASA shuttle launch is image created by 3D animator

An image shared on Facebook appears to show a shuttle launching into space. "Meet NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis making its way into Space," reads the Aug. 10 post's caption. "Space Vehicles like Atlantis have proven how Technologically advanced we have ...
Network World

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis has European, Russian flair

NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis will deliver distinctly European technology to the International Space Station when it sets off into space this week. Atlantis, which is scheduled to blast off Friday for a 12-day mission, will carry spare portions of the ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s Shuttle Atlantis Launches on a Final Mission to Hubble

Space shuttle Atlantis with its seven-member crew launched at 2:01 p.m. EDT Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ 11-day mission will include five spacewalks to refurbish Hubble with ...
Astronomy

NASA gives “go” for space shuttle Atlantis launch November 16

NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a November 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. EST. Atlantis’ launch date was announced ...
Space.com

NASA chief Jared Isaacman says Texas may get a moonship, not space shuttle Discovery

NASA's new chief Jared Isaacman said a controversial proposal to move the space shuttle Discovery to Texas from its current home on display at a Smithsonian Air and Space Museum hangar in Virginia, may end with a different spacecraft entirely landing in Houston.
NPR

NASA Will Extend Atlantis' Mission to Make Critical Fix

NASA said the mission of the space shuttle Atlantis will be extended by two days so astronauts can repair a damaged cloth heat shield over one of the spacecraft's engine pods. The space agency decided Monday to lengthen Atlantis' stay in orbit at the ...
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