“Grunsfeld is wearing a spacesuit marked with solid red stripes. Feustel is wearing an all white spacesuit. For this spacewalk, the astronauts will begin with some setup tasks and then […]
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Astro Twitter
NASA Astronaut Tweets Provide Inside Look at Mission Training “NASA astronaut Mike Massimino is using Twitter to provide a unique, behind the scenes peek at the last weeks of his […]
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Extend Shuttle- Close The Gap
Posey Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Close the Space Gap “Specifically the American Space Access Act extends the life of the space shuttle until either NASA’s next generation space system, Constellation, […]
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Funding Shuttle and Ares Simultaneously
No to shuttle extension if move would delay Ares, Huntsville Times “Flying the shuttle while continuing the Ares development is likely to create budget conflicts with the space agency’s future […]
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Shuttle Retirement Date Starts To Move To The Right
Senate budget panel: Shuttle can fly another year “A $2.5 billion spending provision that would allow NASA to fly the space shuttle well beyond its scheduled retirement next year cleared […]
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Space Shuttle Discovery Returns Home
NASA STS-119 Report #27 2:30 p.m. CST Saturday, March 28, 2009 “After boosting the International Space Station to full power, the seven member crew of Discovery returned to Earth today, […]
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Discovery is Go for Second Landing Opportunity
According to PAO “Mission Control has given space shuttle Discovery a “go” for the deorbit burn. The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Discovery enough to begin its descent. […]
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Hints of A Shuttle Extension Appear
US Senate budget panel tells Obama not to get too attached to 2010 shuttle retirement date, Orlando Sentinel “… [A] fixed retirement date could create dangerous scheduling pressures,” notes the […]
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Talking To The White House From Space
Remarks by The President With The Crew of the Space Shuttle and Space Station (Transcript) 24 March 2009 “THE PRESIDENT: Well, obviously we’re really proud about the extraordinary work that […]
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Today's Video: Presidential Phone Call to the ISS
Editor’s note: President Obama called the shuttle and ISS crews this morning at 9:49 a.m. EDT. The President was joined by Acting NASA Administrator Scolese, members of Congress, and children […]