Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Space Shuttle Endeavour
This week marks another episode in the final chapters of the 30 year history of NASA's space shuttle fleet with the launching of the space shuttle Endeavour on its' final mission into space. The launching was done at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
Endeavour is one of the two remaining space shuttles in operation with NASA the other being Atlantis. Throughout the history of the space shuttle fleet, there have been 5 shuttles that were in operation and 135 missions into space.
Some of the most interesting missions by the Endeavour are the first ever rendevous between Russian and American astronauts on the MIR space station as well as numerous missions to the International Space Station.
The crew of mission STS-134 is headed by mission commander Mark E. Kelly with 5 team members.
Endeavour is one of the two remaining space shuttles in operation with NASA the other being Atlantis. Throughout the history of the space shuttle fleet, there have been 5 shuttles that were in operation and 135 missions into space.
Some of the most interesting missions by the Endeavour are the first ever rendevous between Russian and American astronauts on the MIR space station as well as numerous missions to the International Space Station.
The crew of mission STS-134 is headed by mission commander Mark E. Kelly with 5 team members.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
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