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Shuttle Enterprise soars over New York on final flightNew York (AFP) April 27, 2012 The US space shuttle Enterprise bowed out Friday on America's biggest stage - a flyover of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan's skyscrapers - before heading to a museum in New York at the end of an era in American space travel. Crowds along the Hudson cheered as the shuttle, piggybacking on a modified Boeing 747, passed three times over New York harbor. "I think it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I'm almost speechless," said Leuinda Field, 37, a teacher who brought her three-year- ... read more |
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 NASA Moves Shuttle Engines From Kennedy To Stennis The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is underway. The RS-25D flight engines, repurposed for NASA's Space ... more | .. |
 Boosters Gave Fiery Muscle to Shuttle Launches When Atlantis' STS-135 mission lifted off from Launch Pad 39A on July 8, 2011, on NASA's final space shuttle launch, it was carried aloft by the last two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) assembled at Ke ... more | .. |
 NASA Uses MicroStrain Sensors to Monitor Vibroacoustic Shock During Shuttle Launches MicroStrain Inc. provided NASA Kennedy Space Center with the wireless sensor technology to remotely monitor lift off acoustics and vibration generated during the launch of both Endeavour and Atlanti ... more | .. |
 Tracking infinity and beyond The landing of the shuttle Atlantis July 21 marked the end of an era of space exploration. Behind the scenes, thousands of people have helped the U.S. space program make history while only a few fac ... more |
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 Teams Practice Lifting Shuttles at Airports It will take two large cranes, a specially built sling, four masts and about 45 people to perform the complex maneuvers to safely lift a space shuttle off the back of a modified 747. Because it hasn ... more | .. |
 Atlantis Final Mission Included Successful Kennedy-Developed Plant Experiment Atlantis carried many science and research experiments in its middeck during NASA's last shuttle flight, STS-135, in July. Among these was a plant experiment developed at Kennedy Space Center's Spac ... more | .. |
 US shuttle debris surfaces amid Texas drought A piece of the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia has surfaced in eastern Texas, where a severe drought has dried up a lake and exposed debris from the 2003 accident, NASA said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Sandia National Labs completes final scan of space shuttle program Nine engineers from Sandia National Laboratories helped ensure Atlantis' safety from Mission Control at Johnson Space Center as the shuttle made its final flight, marking the end of NASA's 30-year s ... more |
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 Space Shuttle final landing marks end of an era Thus was history made: Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth. The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generati ... more | .. |
Space Shuttle Era Ends with Atlantis Landing Space shuttle Atlantis touched down on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 5:57 a.m. EDT on July 21. After 200 orbits around Earth and a journey of 5,284,862 miles, the landing at NASA's Ken ... more | .. |
 Cigars and flowers as NASA savors shuttle's end Cigars were passed around, flowers brightened desktops and pictures snapped from all angles as NASA employees hugged, laughed and cried after the shuttle Atlantis landed one final time. ... more | .. |
 Commander, NASA savor moment as Atlantis lands The commander who brought shuttle Atlantis to a final homecoming Thursday said US space exploration would carry on, as he lauded the vessel for changing "the way we view the world." ... more |
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 Atlantis Carries Adult Stem Cells Into Space On its 135th and final flight in NASA's shuttle program, the shuttle Atlantis carried the stem cells of six adults to the International Space Station. Alberto Sant Antonio, MD, a Weston, Florida gen ... more | .. |
 Weather forecast favorable for last shuttle landing Weather forecasts are favorable for the last landing under the Space Shuttle program, mission control official Leroy Caine said. The Atlantis shuttle, which undocked from the International Spa ... more | .. |
 End of an era for US spaceflight as Atlantis lands The shuttle Atlantis cruised home for a final time Thursday, ending its last mission to the International Space Station and closing a 30-year chapter in American space exploration. ... more | .. |
 Major moments in the US shuttle program The US space shuttle is part cargo truck, part passenger bus, part airplane built for orbit, and has known soaring highs and devastating lows during its 30-year career. ... more |
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 NASA fends off tears with shuttle end in sight NASA astronauts and engineers fought off tears Wednesday as Atlantis made its final approach toward Earth, bringing an end to the 30-year shuttle program and closing a chapter in human spaceflight. ... more | .. |
 Space shuttles will soon be museum pieces The end of the US space shuttle program brings the start of a new chapter for the remaining orbiters, which will soon take up residence as museum pieces in Florida, Virginia, California and New York. ... more | .. |
 US shuttle, the most complex flying machine ever built The US space shuttle is the most complex and costly flying machine ever built. It helped build a pioneering space outpost but also kept Americans confined to low Earth orbit for 30 years. ... more | .. |
 Shuttle Atlantis heads home from space station The crew of Atlantis undocked Tuesday from the International Space Station, wrapping up the last visit by a US shuttle to the orbiting outpost and setting its sights on an emotional homecoming. ... more |
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 Atlantis undocks from space station one final time Shuttle Atlantis inched away from the International Space Station early Tuesday for a final time, undocking from the outpost to begin its historic return to Earth, NASA officials said. ... more | .. |
US astronauts somber as shuttle era comes to an end The Atlantis roars back to Earth this week ending America's vaunted space shuttle program and frustrating a generation of astronauts who see their chance to soar into the cosmos sharply limited. ... more | .. |
Shuttle's end opens new era, new legal issues in spaceflight The space shuttle's final mission marks the end of an era, but also opens an unprecedented age of private and commercial spaceflight. This new era will require international collaboration to keep wa ... more | .. |
 Flying the STA: Landing Like the Shuttle A Shuttle Training Aircraft plunges 28,000 feet in a little more than a minute when astronauts use it to practice a space shuttle approach. It's as close as anyone can get to experiencing a shuttle ... more |
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