Boeing lays off 260 shuttle workers in Houston, Houston Chronicle “Boeing today sent layoff notices to 510 employees – including 260 in Houston – involved in space shuttle work. The […]
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And now there is only one
Just one flight: Impending loss in shuttle family, AP “And now there is only one. With Wednesday’s landing of Endeavour, just one more space shuttle flight remains, putting an end […]
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Stunning ISS Images: Stars Above, Lights Below
Stunning Images: ISS Flies Over Earth At Night – Stars Above, Lights Below “A portion of the International Space Station is visible in these views of a starry sky and […]
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How NASA Ensures Minimal News Coverage
NASA Sets News Conference With Shuttle And Space Station Crews “The nine crew members aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will hold a news conference starting at […]
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Photos: Atlantis Gets Vertical
Photos: Lifting of Atlantis From Horizontal to Vertical in the KSC Vehicle Assembly Building “This past Wednesday the orbiter Atlantis was lifted and mated to her external tank and solid […]
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Endeavour Launched
Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches on Her Last Mission, SpaceRef “For the nearly 500,000 people watching the launch live in and around the Kennedy Space Centre the Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted […]
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Watching Endeavour From a Balloon at The Edge of Space – UPDATE
Endeavour’s Final Launch Inspires Hands-on Public Engagement: High Altitude Balloon Mission “The helium-filled balloon carrying the “Senatobia-1″ payload will be launched from the vicinity of Gainesville, Florida. The expected balloon […]
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Discovery crew on "West Wing Week" Today
Keith’s note: The Crew of Space Shuttle Discovery will be featured on West Wing Week (from the White House) today at 2:30 pm EDT. Watch here. They are also featured […]
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STS-134 NET 16 May
NASA STS-134 Update: Endeavour Launch No Earlier Than Monday, May 16 “NASA managers met Friday afternoon and determined space shuttle Endeavour will launch no earlier than Monday, May 16 at […]
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Endeavour Is Good to Go
It’s a Unanimous “Go” for Endeavour “The Space Shuttle Program Mission Management Team voted unanimously to proceed toward Endeavour’s scheduled liftoff at 3:47 p.m. EDT Friday. Mike Moses, chair of […]