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The space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the International Space Station, carrying six astronauts and NASA's last big additions for the orbiting laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth.
When the space shuttle makes its last flight in September, this company will help take care of unfinished business.
Astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour on Tuesday finished routine inspection of the thermal protection system on the orbiter's wing leading edges and nose, NASA said.
President Obama is redirecting America's space program, killing NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon and using much of that money for new rocket technology research.
Endeavour's payload includes the Tranquility node -- the last U.S. portion of the International Space Station -- which will provide additional room for crew members and many of the space station's life support and environmental control systems.
Feb. 9: Endeavour shown above Earth. The space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the International Space Station carrying six astronauts and NASA's last big additions for the orbiting laboratory more than 200 miles above Earth.
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Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Shuttle Astronauts Inspect Their Ship On Way To Space Station, No Major Problems Suspected
Space shuttle Endeavour brought an early dawn to Kennedy Space Center on Monday, punching its way through cloudy skies to close the curtain on nighttime shuttle launches and kick off the final year of liftoffs for the aging orbiter fleet.
As they head toward a rendezvous with the international space station, crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour are checking for any signs of damage after Monday's early morning launch.
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A former Rockwell International and Boeing Co. aerospace engineer who worked on the Space Shuttle program was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for economic espionage and acting as an agent for China.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The crew of space shuttle Atlantis plans to deliver to the Pro Football Hall of Fame a coin that traveled into space for use in the official coin toss at Super Bowl XLIV.
More than eight decades after Westinghouse Electric Corp. introduced Televox --a crudely conceived humanoid that could answer the telephone and route calls--robots finally have a week out of the year that they can call their own. In addition to celebrating how far robots have come from their humble beginnings as strictly mechanized labor, National Robotics Week (April 10-18) is an opportunity ...
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