Kamis, 16 Februari 2012

Station and Shuttle Missions

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The Space Shuttle

After 30 years and more than 100 missions launching observatories and building the space station, the shuttle's mission is complete.
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Latest Features

  • The Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites floating in the Destiny laboratory module. Thomas Reiter is in the background. (NASA)

    Europe's Alliance With Space Droids

    Between video games and sci-fi movies, a robotic squadron of miniature satellites come to life aboard the International Space Station, obeying the commands of young students.
  • Spacewalkers Move Crane, Install Experiment

    International Space Station Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov wrapped up a six-hour, 15-minute spacewalk Thursday.
  • Water recycling system used on the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Water: A Chemical Solution

    Can you imagine not having access to safe and clean drinking water? Space engineers who design the International Space Station systems share the same need as those concerned about the lives of people in remote areas of Earth.
  • Astronaut Mike Fossum with CFE-2 Vane Gap unit. Photo shows liquid (in red) in an elliptical-shaped test chamber with an internal baffle. (Mike Fossum)

    Predicting Liquid Behavior in Space

    You're a space explorer on a long journey. To continue your trip, you stop off at the local U.S. fuel depot in orbit to refuel your spaceship!
  • The vehicle powered sign is turned off after the final power down of space shuttle Discovery

    Discovery and Atlantis Permanently Powered Down

    The "vehicle powered" light is turned off for the last time as two shuttle orbiters' flight decks go dark.

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