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Tag Archives: Atlantis
NASA: Ten Years of Space Exploration
The past decade has been pretty exciting in the realm of space exploration. Here’s my look at NASA’s milestones in the past ten years.
NASA 2009 Year in Review
October 2009: water discovered on the moon by the LCROSS mission.
July 2009: 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing
May 2009: Hubble Space Telescope upgraded and repaired. Space walking astronauts from the Atlantis space shuttle gave the aging space telescope several new updated systems. Two new instruments, the Wide Field Camera 3 and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph were installed, while repairs were made to the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Space [...]
Posted in NASA, Space Exploration
Tagged Apollo11, Atlantis, David M. Brown, Expedition One, Hubble Space Telescope, Ilan Ramon, International Space Station, ISS, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, LCROSS, Mars, Mars Rover, Michael P. Anderson, Opportunity, Phoenix Lander, Rick D. Husband, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Columbia, Spirit, William C. McCool
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Atlantis carries Columbus to ISS
Space shuttle Atlantis launched into orbit today carrying the Columbus science laboratory, which is Europe’s primary contribution to the International Space Station.
Full story at nasa.gov
Launch Video at anon.nasa-global.edgesuite.net