The Space Shuttle
News items reporting on the space shuttle
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Jun 8, 2011
"Next month the final shuttle mission will lift off with a four-person crew. Anthony Young reflects on this final crew and the future of human spaceflight."
Jun 5, 2011
"The last shuttle that will ever blast to space has journeyed from the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building out to the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida in anticipation of liftoff on July 8 at 11:38 a.m."
Jun 1, 2011
"Atlantis made its final trek to the launch pad tonight for a July 8 launch."
Jun 1, 2011
"The wheels of Space Shuttle Endeavour touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning at 06:35 GMT (08:35 CEST) after a 16-day mission that added a pioneering experiment to the International Space Station."
May 31, 2011
"The space shuttle Endeavour is on its way back to Earth, for a scheduled landing in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 1."
May 31, 2011
"Spectacular photos show Endeavour at the space station over nighttime Earth."
May 27, 2011
"See amazing photos from NASA's final flight of space shuttle Endeavour, the mission STS-134."
May 22, 2011
"NASA on Saturday cleared the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield of any concerns after one last check of a gouge on its belly."
May 21, 2011
"The targeted launch date for the final mission of NASA's space shuttle program -- Atlantis' STS-135 flight -- has been set for July 8."
May 21, 2011
"Astronauts on shuttle Endeavour took a closer look at their shuttle's heat shield Saturday to inspect a gouge."
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