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STS-117 mission
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NASA has finalised crew assignments for two space shuttle missions targeted for launch in 2007 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
Frederick Sturckow, a Marine colonel, will command STS-117. The mission will deliver the second and third starboard truss segments (S3/S...
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STS-125 mission
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NASA has announced the target launch date for the Shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is now targeted for Oct. 8, 2008.
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STS-128
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Media accreditation for Shuttle flight STS-128 with ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang The media accreditation deadline for the next Space Shuttle flight to the International Space Station has been set by NASA. Discovery is tentatively slated for launch on 18 August to begin its mission, STS-128...
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STS-133
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NASA Assigns Crew for Final Scheduled Space Shuttle Mission NASA has assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, targeted to launch in September 2010. The flight to the International Space Station will carry a pressurised logistics module to the station. Veteran shuttle comm...
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STS-51
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STS-51J Space Shuttle Atlantis First Flight Click to Play | View Details October 3, 1985
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Challenger
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Challenger is a film based on Richard Feynman's investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. David Strathairn will play Dr. Feynman. The film will be directed by Philip Kaufman. It was slated to premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival with a wide release scheduled for 2008, but was not...
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STS-129
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NASA Sets Briefings for November Space Shuttle Mission NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a series of news briefings on Friday, Oct. 16, at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston. NASA Television and the agency's Web site will broadcast the briefings live. Reporters may ask qu...
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STS-134
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NASA Assigns Crew for STS-134 Shuttle Mission, Change to STS-132 NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-134 to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, to the station. The AMS is a state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle phy...
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STS-130
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NASA has assigned the crews for space shuttle missions STS-130 and STS-131. The STS-130 mission will deliver a third connecting module to the International Space Station and a seven-windowed cupola to be used as a control room for robotics. The STS-131 mission will deliver research and science ex...
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STS-131
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Challenger
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Twenty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger blew apart into jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and onlookers who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.
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STS-1
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STS-132
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-132) is scheduled to launch from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, at 18:19 GMT (2:19 p.m. EDT), 14th May, 2010.
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STS-107
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A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to "lethal trauma" as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. In a graphic 400-page report, NASA further studied the F...
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Space shuttle STS-7
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STS-7 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Challenger, launched 18 June 1983. This was the seventh space shuttle mission, and was the second mission for the Space Shuttle Challenger. It was also the first American mission to have a female astronaut. Read more STS-7 launch &...
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STS 51-G
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STS 51-G was the eighteenth flight of a space shuttle, and the fifth flight of Discovery. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 17 June 1985. Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist. All the experiments were successfully accomplished. Disco...
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STS-4
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STS-4 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched 27 June 1982. This was the fourth space shuttle mission, and was also the fourth mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. Read more
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STS-71
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STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first Space Shuttle docking to Mir, a Russian space station. The mission used Space Shuttle Atlantis, which lifted off from launch pad 39A on June 27, 1995 from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida.[/quote...
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STS-28 Mission
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STS-28 was the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defence purposes, and the first flight of Columbia since STS-61-C. The details of the mission are classified, but the payload is widely believed to have been the first SDS-2 communications satellite. The mission lau...
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STS-61-A
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STS-61-A (also known as D-1) was the 22nd Space Shuttle mission. It was a scientific Spacelab mission funded and controlled by West Germany - hence the non-NASA name of D-1 (for Deutschland 1). It was also the last successful mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. STS-61-A holds the record for the...
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STS-88
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STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour, and took the first American module, the Unity node to the station. Read more [video=http://www.youtube.com/v/Or...
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STS-72 mission
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STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida on January 11, 1996. Read more
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STS-61C mission
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STS-61-C was the twenty-fourth mission of the Space Shuttle, and the seventh mission of Columbia. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida on January 12, 1986. Read more
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STS-54 mission
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STS-54 Shuttle mission was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Endeavour. This is the 3rd flight for Endeavour, and launched January 13, 1993. Read more
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STS-63 mission
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STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on February 3,...
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STS-41-B mission
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STS-41-B was the tenth space shuttle mission, and the fourth flight for Challenger. Liftoff occurred at 8 a.m. EST, on 3 February 1984. Two communications satellites were deployed about 8 hours after launch. One was for Western Union (WESTAR) and the other for Indonesia (Palapa B-2). [url=http:/...
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STS-62
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Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia16) was launched on the 4th March, 1994.
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STS-3 mission
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STS-3 mission STS-3 was the third space shuttle mission, and was the third mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first launch with an unpainted external tank, and the only landing at the White Sands Space Harbour near Las Cruces, New Mexico. [url=http://fr.arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv...
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STS-6
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STS-6 was a Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA using Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched 4 April 1983, STS-6 was the sixth space shuttle mission and the first of the ten missions flown on Challenger. Read more
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STS-49 mission
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STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve the Intelsat VI satellite. Read more
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STS-116 mission
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NASA will preview the next space shuttle mission during a day-long series of media briefings beginning at 9 a.m. EST, Monday, Nov. 6 from the Johnson Space Centre, Houston. The briefings will be broadcast live on NASA TV and include overviews of the space station and shuttle programs, the mission, s...
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STS-135
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NASA'S Shuttle Atlantis At Launch Pad, Liftoff Practice Set After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, the final flight of the Space S...
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Shuttle launch
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Weather forecasters at the Kennedy Space Centre predict a 40 percent chance that weather would not be favourable for the planned launch.
Should Wednesday's launch be called off, NASA would attempt it again on Thursday, when chances of unfavourable weather would be only 30 percent.
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STS-28
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STS-28 was the 30th NASA Space Shuttle mission, the fourth shuttle mission dedicated to United States Department of Defence purposes, and the eighth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission launched on 8 August 1989, lasted just over 5 days, and travelled 2.1 million miles during 81 orbits of...
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STS-47
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STS-47 was the 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences. Launch date: 12 September 1992 Read more
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STS-26 mission
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STS-26 was the 26th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the Discovery orbiter. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 29 September 1988, and landed four days later on 3 October. Read more
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STS-51-J mission
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STS-51-J was a NASA Space Shuttle mission. It was the first flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the 21st shuttle mission overall. It launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 3 October 1985, carrying a payload for the U.S. Department of Defence, and landed four days later, on 7 October. Read m...
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STS 41-G
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STS 41-G was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. Challenger launched on 5 October 1984, and conducted the second shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Centre on 13 October. Read more ...
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STS-92
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STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle. It was launched from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, 11 October 2000. Read more
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STS-38
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STS-38 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 37th shuttle mission, and carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defence. The launch was originally scheduled for July 1990, but was rescheduled due to a hydrogen leak found on Space Shuttle Colu...
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STS-61
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STS-61 was the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission launched on 2 December 1993 from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Read more
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STS-82
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STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research c...
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