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  • VIDEO & PICTURE: Atlantis Kennedy arrival marks end of 25-year career

    15:00 27 May 2010ISS Space Shuttle Orbital missions Space Research

    Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center on 26 May after a 12-day mission to the International Space Station, marking the end of...


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  • Shuttle dream jobs fading

    10:30 21 July 2011

    When the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down today some 3,200 workers at NASA contractors waved goodbye to an icon of...


  • Progress supply ship docks with ISS on second attempt

    16:30 07 July 2010

    After an aborted first attempt on 2 July, the Russian cargo ship Progress 38 successfully docked with the International...


  • VIDEO & PICTURE: Atlantis Kennedy arrival marks end of 25-year career

    15:00 27 May 2010

    Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center on 26 May after a 12-day mission to the International...


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  • Shuttle dream jobs fading

    News | 21 Jul 2011 10:30 | Dan Thisdell

    When the Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down today some 3,200 workers at NASA contractors waved goodbye to an icon of American technology, and to their jobs.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Shuttle-dream-jobs-fading-359768/

  • Progress supply ship docks with ISS on second attempt

    News | 07 Jul 2010 16:30 | Gayle Putrich

    After an aborted first attempt on 2 July, the Russian cargo ship Progress 38 successfully docked with the International Space Station on a second pass, say...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Progress-supply-ship-docks-with-ISS-on-second-attempt-344157/

  • VIDEO & PICTURE: Atlantis Kennedy arrival marks end of 25-year career

    News | 27 May 2010 15:00 | Max Kingsley-Jones

    Space Shuttle Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center on 26 May after a 12-day mission to the International Space Station, marking the end of...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/VIDEO-PICTURE-Atlantis-Kennedy-arrival-marks-end-of-25-year-career-342490/

  • Russia's Poisk arrives at International Space Station

    News | 18 Nov 2009 13:39 | Rob Coppinger

    Russia's fourth International Space Station module, Mini-Research Module 2, also known as Poisk, docked with the ISS's Zvezda zenith docking port on 12 November...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Russias-Poisk-arrives-at-International-Space-Station-335174/

  • Picture: Shuttle Atlantis begins penultimate mission

    News | 18 Nov 2009 13:30

    NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis emerges through the clouds over launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center seconds after its lift-off at 14:28 local time...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Picture-Shuttle-Atlantis-begins-penultimate-mission-335173/

  • ILA 2008: Walk-in space module hits ILA

    News | 29 May 2008 00:00

    <P>Ever wanted to say you've been in space? Well, get over to the space pavilion and you can have the next best thing. ESA is displaying a full-size, walk-in replica of its EADS Astrium-built Columbus module for the International Space Station (ISS).<BR><BR>The 4.5m (14.8ft)-diameter cylindrical module, weighs 10,300kg (22,700lb) on earth and is about the size of a small truck.<BR><BR>Columbus, which was was ferried to the ISS aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis earlier this year, can accommodate up to 700kg of scientific equipment and hardware. Each year, the module will be home to many different experiments in materials science, medicine, biology and technology.</P> <P align=center><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; WIDTH: 445px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="walk in space module" src="../assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=23148" border=0></P> <P>Columbus's exterior also carries a structure for experimental packages to test newhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ILA-2008-Walk-in-space-module-hits-ILA-224239/

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  • Former Shuttle astronaut killed in jet ski accident

    Blog | 03 Jul 2012 10:45 | David Todd

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2012/07/former-shuttle-astronaut-kille.html

  • Movie Monday - July 18 - The Final Shuttle EVA

    Blog | 18 Jul 2011 10:41 | Jon Ostrower

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger//2011/07/movie-monday---july-18---the-f.html

  • Space Shuttle Mission: STS-135 - We have lift off for the final time

    Blog | 08 Jul 2011 13:04 | Barbara Cockburn

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flight-international/2011/07/we-have-lift-off-for-the-final.html

  • The Final Shuttle Mission: The Pre-Dawn Waiting Game

    Blog | 08 Jul 2011 01:56 | Jon Ostrower

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger//2011/07/the-final-shuttle-mission-the.html

  • Flight International 23-29 November: Space Shuttle farewell

    Blog | 23 Nov 2010 12:34 | Will Horton

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures//2010/11/flight-international-23-29-nov.html

  • PICTURE & VIDEO: Shuttle Atlantis returns home after final mission

    Blog | 27 May 2010 13:31 | Barbara Cockburn

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures//2010/05/picture-video-shuttle-atlantis.html

  • Russia searches, seeks and explores its space station future

    Blog | 16 Nov 2009 17:01 | Rob Coppinger

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2009/11/russia-searches-seeks-and-expo.html

  • Space Telescopes galore! Two to L2, one in LEO

    Blog | 14 May 2009 18:08 | Rob Coppinger

    http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola//2009/05/space-telescopes-galore-two-to.html

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