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NASA'S Shuttle Crew Returns Home After Successful Mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space. The first landing attempt at Kennedy was bypassed due to low clouds in the area. Endeavour's flight was the longest shuttle mission to the International Space Station and included a record five spacewalks. The shuttle's seven astronauts worked with the three-member station crew and ground teams around the world to install the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. "The success of this mission makes the International Space Station truly international," said NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations B

NASA'S Shuttle Crew Returns Home After Successful Mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at 8:39 p.m. EDT Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., after completing a 16-day journey of nearly 6.6 million miles in space. The first landing attempt at Kennedy was bypassed due to low clouds in the area. Endeavour's flight was the longest shuttle mission to the International Space Station and included a record five spacewalks. The shuttle's seven astronauts worked with the three-member station crew and ground teams around the world to install the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. "The success of this mission makes the International Space Station truly international," said NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations B

HDNet To Broadcast Live, High Definition Coverage of the Launch of Space Shuttle...

HDNet To Broadcast Live, High Definition Coverage of the Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour - Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Network's Coverage of Spectacular Night Launch Begins at 2:00 A.M. ET with Launch from the Kennedy Space Center Scheduled for 2:28 A.M. ET DALLAS--(Business Wire)-- WHAT: HDNet to broadcast LIVE HD coverage of the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, marking NASA's 25th US mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour will fly the astronauts, a space station module and a robotics system to the International Space Station on March 11. STS-123 is an international mission combining the expertise and experience of several countries working together to create a working 'home' in space. The crew - including one Japanese astronaut, will deliver the first section of the Japanese-built Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Ag

NASA Moves Endeavour, Space Station Crew News Conference

HOUSTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The news conference with the 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, originally scheduled for 11:18 p.m. CDTSunday, March 23, has been moved to an hour earlier, and will begin at 10:18 p.m. The change in time was made to improve the downlink television capability from the space station. Media may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida; and NASA Headquarters in Washington. The phone bridge used for after business hours briefings will not be available. A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Japanese reporters at the Johnson Space Center and a French radio network selected by the European Space Agency.

NASA Moves Endeavour, Space Station Crew News Conference

HOUSTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The news conference with the 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station, originally scheduled for 11:18 p.m. CDT Sunday, March 23, has been moved to an hour earlier, and will begin at 10:18 p.m. The change in time was made to improve the downlink television capability from the space station. Media may ask questions from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida; and NASA Headquarters in Washington. The phone bridge used for after business hours briefings will not be available. A portion of the news conference will be set aside for Japanese reporters at the Johnson Space Center and a French radio network selected by the European Space Agency.

Space Shuttle Endeavour docks at space station to deliver Japan lab TECHNOLOGY The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday night on a mission to deliver Japanese and other space laboratories. [KYODO]

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Traffic Jam at the Space Station

Space traffic control will be needed at the International Space Station as a busy timeframe of missions and resupply flights continue for our home port in space. In a choreographed ballet of spaceships, ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) resupply ship and NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour are scheduled to liftoff on March 9 and 11, respectively, to dock with the ISS, while a third - Russia's Soyuz - is due to arrive early in April. The heavy traffic comes just a few weeks after Space Shuttle Atlantis left the ISS on February 18, delivering the Columbus science lab to the station. With Endeavour scheduled to be docked to the ISS from March 13 – 24, the ATV must patiently wait in a “parking orbit,� travelling in a holding pattern below the station, and will then dock after the shuttle leaves.

Space shuttle blasts into space carrying Japanese lab to space station

The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Endeavour has soared into space, carrying parts of a Japanese laboratory that is to become the largest and last research component of the International Space Station.

Shuttle Crew to Undock from Space Station Tonight (SPACE.com)

Shuttle commander Dominic Gorie and his crew will undock from the station at 7:56 p.m. EDT (2356 GMT) tonight, wrapping up a packed 12 days of construction to deliver a Canadian-built robot and the first module of

US space shuttle Endeavour launched from Florida

The US space shuttle Endeavour has blasted off from its Florida home port on a rare night launch, carrying equipment bound for the International Space Station. Endeavour will take the first part of a Japanese space lab to the ISS during the 16-day mission. The seven-strong crew will install a two-armed robot designed to carry out repairs outside the orbiting space station. Endeavour, which flew its first mission in 1992, is expected to spend 12 days at the ISS. After Endeavour leaves the ISS, Europe's first cargo ship, an unmanned Automated Transfer Vehicle called Jules Verne, will get its chance to dock. The ATV was launched from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on Saturday night. It will orbit near the station during the shuttle's visit, ready to move into position in early April.

Russia will not need space tourism when space program well financed -analysts

KOROLYOV, Moscow region. April 11 (Interfax-AVN) - Vitaly Lopota, the president of the Energia space rocket corporation, said he believes space tourism is a forced measure compensating for insufficient financing of the Russian space program. "Tourism is a forced activity. I am sorry, but we have built the ISS [the International Space Station] not for space tourists but for serving the needs of the people of Earth," Lopota said. Alexei Krasnov, the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)'s manned flight programs, said the ISS crew will be increased to six by 2009. "There are plans to manufacture four Soyuz spacecraft in 2009 to launch crews to the ISS," he said. If the Russian space program was financed in full, Russia would not need to make money on space tourism, Krasnov said.

Space shuttle Endeavour launches with Japanese lab

Space shuttle Endeavour soared into space Tuesday, carrying parts of a Japanese laboratory that is to become the largest and last research component of the International Space Station. With its installation Japan gains a foothold on the ISS alongside the United States, Russia and Europe, whose laboratory Columbus was delivered to the station in February. Endeavour roared into space at 0628 GMT Tuesday, in a rare night launch from the Kennedy Space Center here -- its motors and booster rockets casting a glare bright as midday along the Florida coast for about 30 seconds. In 53 seconds the shuttle had already attained a speed of about 2,425 kilometers (1,507 miles) per hour -- about twice the speed of sound. Two minutes after launch Endeavour successfully jettisoned its twin solid rocket boosters.

Space shuttle Endeavour undocks from International Space Station

Washington - The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Monday evening to begin its return voyage to Earth. The shuttle left the station at 8:25 pm (0025 GMT), ending a visit that included five spacewalks and the delivery of the first component of the Japanese Kibo module and Canadian robot Dextre.

NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour Set to Land Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The space shuttle Endeavour crew is expected to complete its 16-day flight to the International Space Station with a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, March 26. The STS-123 mission began March 11 and delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. The flight also brought a new crew member to the station and will return an astronaut who has spent nearly seven weeks aboard the complex. NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before permitting Endeavour to return to Earth. Wednesday landing opportunities at Kennedy are at 7:05 p.m. EDT and 8:39 p.

Spacewalking astronauts stepped outside Monday night to give the space station's new robot some eyes and a set of tools. It was the third spacewalk of shuttle Endeavour's visit to the station, each one aimed at putting together Dextre, the giant robo

In this image from NASA TV, Space Shuttle Endeavour, right, is shown docked with the space station. Inside, astronauts aboard the space station get ready for their third spacewalk.

Shuttle Lifts Off for Longest-Ever Space Station Mission

For the first time since space station construction began nearly 10 years ago, all five major partners were about to own a piece of the orbiting real estate. The launch of the first section of Kibo, or Hope, finally propelled Japan into the space station action. "With this flight I believe that we finally became a real partner of the (space station) project," said Keiji Tachikawa, head of the Japanese Space agency.

The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew get set for a rare nighttime launch early Tuesday to the international space station and the longest visit ever to the orbiting outpost.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven blasted off Tuesday on what was to be the longest space station mission ever, a 16-day voyage to build a gangly robot and add a new room that will serve as a closet for Japan’s future lab.

Space Shuttle Endeavour docks at space station to deliver Japan lab

The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour docked at the International Space Station on Wednesday night on a mission to deliver Japanese and other space laboratories.

Space Shuttle Astronauts to Join Prestigious U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

Kennedy Space Center, FL – April 2008 – The seventh group of Space Shuttle astronauts has been named to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Veteran Space Shuttle Astronauts John E. Blaha, Robert D. Cabana, Bryan D. O’Connor and Loren J. Shriver will join an elite group of American space heroes as they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®. Earlier inductees represent the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz programs. They will join the ranks of legendary space pioneers like Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Sally Ride and John Young. The public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will be held Saturday, May 3 at 3:00 p.m.

The space shuttle and space station crews said goodbye amid a flurry of hugs and flashing cameras Monday, then sealed the hatches between them in preparation for Endeavour's evening departure.

This image, from NASA TV, shows space shuttle Endeavour undocking from the international space station. The shuttle is due back on Earth on Wednesday evening.

Congress Weighs Cost of Continuing Space Station and Retirement of Space Shuttle

The International Space Station (ISS), the most complex scientific space project ever attempted, remains incomplete. NASA expects the station's final construction cost will be $31 billion and expects sustainment costs through the station's planned retirement in fiscal year 2016 to total $11 billion.

Dramatic pictures as space shuttle Endeavour launches for its International Space Station mission

The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from a seaside Florida launch pad this morning to deliver part of a long-awaited Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian-built robotic system to the International Space Station.

Shuttle Crew to Undock from Space Station Tonight

HOUSTON - The seven astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour will cast off from the International Space Station (ISS) late Monday after a record-long stay at the orbiting laboratory.

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