Historic Shuttles to Arrive at Permanent Homes by Year’s End
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 15, 2012
By the end of this year, NASA’s space shuttles will be in their new homes. Recently, the shuttles were on the move as part of the transition and retirement (T&R) activities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On Feb. 1, NASA Vehicle Manager for T&R Bart Pannullo watched as shuttle Endeavour was backed out [...]
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Shuttle Atlantis’ rocket boosters arrive at Port Canaveral
Posted by brandoniswrite on October 29, 2011
NASA’s Liberty Star tows home Atlantis’ booster today. (Atkeison)The twin rocket boosters which launched NASA’s final space shuttle mission were returned back to Cape Canaveral on Sunday.As the first booster arrived at noon, it received a heroes welcome as a small fire boat pumped water up and out in a salute to the first arriving [...]
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Two Kinds of Webb Telescope Mirrors Arrive at NASA Goddard
Posted by brandoniswrite on December 24, 2010
It takes two unique types of mirrors working together to see farther back in time and space than ever before, and engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have just received one of each type. Primary and Secondary Mirror Engineering Design Units (EDUs) have recently arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. [...]
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STS-134 Astronauts Arrive at Kennedy for Launch
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 22, 2010
The six astronauts for space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission to the International Space Station now are at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their prelaunch preparations. “We’re really happy to be here today,” said commander Kelly. “We got a chance to take look at the orbiter as we first flew over the field and [...]
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Endeavour Astronauts Arrive for Launch – Photogallery
Posted by brandoniswrite on August 10, 2010
See Spaceflight Now: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/110426gallery/ SSEP
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