Emotions Run High As NASA Preps For Atlantis Homecoming
Emotions are running high as the four astronauts aboard Atlantis prepare for Thursday's homecoming, an act that will end NASA's 30 year space shuttle program.
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Emotions are running high as the four astronauts aboard Atlantis prepare for Thursday's homecoming, an act that will end NASA's 30 year space shuttle program.
The space shuttle Atlantis is homeward bound on the last mission of the 30 year old space shuttle program.
Following a poignant farewell ceremony between crews of the International Space Station and the shuttle Atlantis, the hatches closed for the final time Monday.
As NASA prepares to end its 30 year space shuttle program this week with the successful landing of Atlantis, astronauts are leaving the agency in search of new pursuits.
After some last minute packing the astronauts making NASA's last shuttle flight took some time off on Sunday to relax.
Astronauts kept busy fixing and hauling gear aboard the linked Atlantis and International Space Station on Saturday, as the last shuttle flight drew closer to an end.
The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis had a rude awakening in outer space when a computer unexpectedly failed which triggered a loud alarm.
The shuttle astronauts have dealt with another computer problem aboard Atlantis. After the astronauts went to bed late Thursday afternoon, Mission Control woke them up because of a computer failure in one of the shuttle's five main computers.
The astronauts on NASA's last space shuttle flight will get to kick back and relax on Thursday.
Having successfully completed the last spacewalk of NASA's 30-year shuttle program, the 10 astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now high-flying 'moving men'.
Two astronauts from the International Space Station have completed the last spacewalk of NASA's space shuttle era.
The high flying delivery crew of the space shuttle Atlantis got busy Monday successfully hoisting a giant trunk out of Atlantis and attaching it to the International Space Station.
Emotions ran high as the space shuttle Atlantis docked at the International Space Station for the final time.
The space shuttle Atlantis hasn't performed like a ship ready for retirement. The first full day of the final flight of the aging space shuttle fleet -- the most complicated machines ever built -- was practically flawless.
Usually space shuttle astronauts are awakened in orbit by a song sent by a loved one. But not much is routine for the final space shuttle flight, not even a wake-up call.
Atlantis and its four astronauts left Earth Friday for the final space shuttle mission, capping off an amazing 30-year program of exploration, which launched great observatories, built an International Space Station, and taught us more about how humans can live and work in space.
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Hundreds of thousands of spectators jammed Cape Canaveral and surrounding towns for Friday's emotional farewell to NASA's space shuttle program.
Atlantis has blasted off on NASA's last space shuttle launch. The historic liftoff occurred Friday, June 8, 2011, 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight.
The closedown crew held up signs to the camera in the White Room, thanking everyone who has ever worked on the shuttle program over the past 30 years.
For most of the past 30 years, NASA has etched memories into the minds of Americans with each of the 135 launches of the space shuttle program. From the iconic first flight, to the tragedies of Challenger and Columbia; everyone remembers something about the shuttle program.
Despite a grim weather forecast for the launch of the final shuttle flight, fans flocked to Cape Canaveral and braved the bad weather to get a glimpse of history.
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The International Space Station has undergone major changes and additions since its inception in 1994. A combination of American, Russian, Japanese and European efforts, the station's evolution is the result of international collaboration and has played a crucial part in space research.
With the launch of space shuttle Atlantis, NASA wraps up its 30 year old manned space travel program. Since it's first voyage in 1985, the shuttle Atlantis has taken dozens of trips into space and among them, ten to the International Space Station. It's eleventh and final mission to the space station marks the end of an era in space travel.
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