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- Worlds best view
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- Astronauts captures unprecedented view of comet
- ESA to test experimental reentry vehicle in 2014
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- Space tekescope on ISS could reveal neutron stars interior
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- China starts construction of spacestation
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- NASA reveals the space-shuttle's successor
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- Russian supply-ship crashed
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- A tribute to the space-shuttles
- Spacedebris on collision-course with ISS
- Spaceshuttle Atlantis arrived at ISS
- End of the spaceshuttle era
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- Spaceshuttle Endeavour landed and Atlantis ready for launch
- Space shuttle Endeavour at ISS
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Last Spaceshuttle finally ready for launch
Wednesday, 02 February 2011 12:14
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The spaceshuttle Discovery reached Launch Pad 39A today, after a 5km trek on the crawler-transporter from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rotating service structure was closed around Discovery a little before 6 a.m. EST. Technicians now are working on connecting the ground umbilical carrier plate or GUCP. Leak checks are scheduled for Friday. The shuttle was powered up this morning as part of the initial check out of systems. Discovery is heading for the INternational SPace Station ISS with a new component for the spacestation, and resupplies At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Discovery’s STS-133 astronauts are reviewing photo/TV operations today before Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Eric Boe conduct Shuttle Training Aircraft training runs around the White Sands Space Harbor, N.M. READ MORE at NASA |
