Nasa’s shuttle programme comes to an end as Kennedy Space Centre awaits Atlantis’ landing ……. (update) Space shuttle Atlantis has landed in Florida. NASA shuttle program is now over with Atlantis’ successful space station resupply mission….
July 18, 2011
This may look like a NASA version of the game Connect Four, but in fact it’s a scientific experiment. Photographed during a spacewalk as part of the current Atlantis shuttle mission, the Materials on International Space Station Experiment 8 (MISSE-8) consists of a series of circular test beds containing solar cells, computing devices and new and experimental materials, some… [Read more…]
July 16, 2011
This panoramic view was photographed from the International Space Station toward Earth, looking past space shuttle Atlantis’ docked cargo bay and part of the station, including a solar array panel. The photo was taken as the joint complex passed over the southern hemisphere. Aurora Australis or the Southern Lights can be seen on Earth’s horizon… [Read more…]
July 10, 2011
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xju97e The US space shuttle Atlantis has arrived at the International Space Station on the final flight of the Nasa shuttle programme.
July 9, 2011
July 8, 2011
Thirty years after the first blast-off, David Usborne reports from the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on the end of an era Dotted across the sprawling campus that is the John F. Kennedy Space Centre in Florida are blue and white signs designed to get the thousands of workers here pepped up. “1 Days to Launch”,… [Read more…]
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July 21, 2011
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