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  • Crew Returns Home After Final Shuttle Mission
  • Crew Heads Home After Final Shuttle Mission
  • Space Shuttle Era Ends with Atlantis Landing
  • NASA Managers Reflect on Mission, Shuttle Program
  • Atlantis and Crew Welcomed Home
  • Atlantis Completes Final Space Shuttle Program Landing at 5:57 a.m. EDT
  • Atlantis Lands at Kennedy Space Center
  • Deorbit Burn Complete
  • Atlantis Given "Go" for Deorbit Burn
  • Atlantis' Payload Bay Doors are Closed for Landing

STS-135: Launch Friday?

Atlantis will lift off Friday morning at 11:26AM EDT on her final flight, the last one of the Shuttle program. Weather is a concern for liftoff. Follow us on Twitter for live updates! NASA image of STS-135 patch

Live HD coverage at SpaceVidCast. Live video at SFN and Florida Today. Launch blog at NASA. Pics and video at KSC. More clips at Space Multimedia, and right here. Live comms from Pad 39A here. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV.

STS-134: Landing Early Wed Morning

Endeavour will land for the last time at 2:35AM EDT Wednesday 1 June 2010. Follow us on Twitter for live updates!

Live HD coverage at SpaceVidCast. Live video at SFN and Florida Today. Landing blog at NASA. Pics and video at KSC. More clips at Space Multimedia. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV.

STS-134: Launch Monday

Endeavour will lift off Monday morning at 8:56AM EDT on her final flight. Follow us on Twitter for live updates! NASA image of STS-134 patch

Live HD coverage at SpaceVidCast. Live video at SFN and Florida Today. Launch blog at NASA. Pics and video at KSC. More clips at Space Multimedia. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV.

STS-133: Landing Day

Today will see the last-ever landing day for Shuttle Discovery (barring any weather-related wave-offs). Weather conditions at KSC are looking good, with winds being the only concern. Edwards has not been called up for today's landing attempts. Touchdown is scheduled for just before noon EST (1657 UT). NASA reports:

Crew Preps for Today's Landing

STS-130 Landing Track

After flying a flawless mission in space, space shuttle Discovery and its six astronauts are getting ready for their return to Earth. Landing is scheduled for 11:57 a.m. EST at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Landing Day Highlights (All times EST)
6:53 a.m. Deorbit Prep begins
8:12 a.m. Payload Bay Doors Closing
8:22 a.m. Mission Control: “Go” for Ops 3 Transition
9:29 a.m. Clothing Configuration
9:52 a.m. Seat Ingress
10:19 a.m. OMS Gimbal Check
10:30 a.m. Auxiliary Power Unit Prestart
10:42 a.m. MCC “Go-No Go” Decision for the Deorbit Burn
10:47 a.m. Maneuver to the Deorbit Burn Attitude
10:52 a.m. Deorbit Burn
11:44 a.m. Merritt Island, Fla., tracking station Acquisition of Signal from Discovery
11:57 a.m. Landing at Kennedy Space Center

Additional STS-133 Resources
› Countdown highlights
› Launch Week Events
› STS-133 Press Kit (11.4 Mb PDF)
› STS-133 Mission Summary (778 Kb PDF)
› STS-133 Crew
› Discovery facts (351 Kb PDF)
› Discovery's Career in Photos
› Discovery Retrospective
› Tanking Test Details (Dec. 17, 2010)

Live HD coverage at SpaceVidCast. Live video at SFN and Florida Today. Discussion at Nasaspaceflight. Landing blog at NASA. Pics and video at KSC. More clips at Space Multimedia. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV. Follow us on Twitter!

STS-133: Launch Day 3

Today is the third launch attempt for Shuttle Discovery, on her last flight ever. Weather conditions are 80%-90% Go, and the Shuttle is fueled up for this afternoon's liftoff. NASA reports:

Launch Day for Discovery

Discovery on the launch pad.
Image above: Space shuttle Discovery stands on the launch pad Thursday morning for liftoff. A crawler-transporter is carrying the shuttle stack. Photo credit: NASA TV
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Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin an 11-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch at 4:50 p.m. EST today from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-133 mission is Discovery's final scheduled flight.

The six astronauts for the mission will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, or PMM, to the station. The PMM was converted from the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo and will provide additional storage for the station crew. Experiments in such fields as fluid physics, materials science, biology and biotechnology may be conducted inside the module.

Today's Countdown Highlights

10:25 a.m. Countdown enters a 2-hour, 30-minute built-in hold at the T-3 hour mark; fueling is complete and goes into stable replenish
10:55 a.m. Astronauts have a photo opportunity in crew quarters (not broadcast on NASA TV)
11:00 a.m. The Ascent Team of flight controllers is on console in Mission Control, Houston
11:30 a.m. NASA TV LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS
12:20 p.m. The astronauts conduct a weather briefing with Flight Director Richard Jones and the Ascent Team of flight controllers in Mission Control, Houston
12:30 p.m. The astronauts suit up for launch
12:55 p.m. Countdown resumes at the T-3 hour mark
1:00 p.m. The astronauts depart their crew quarters for Launch Pad 39-A
1:30 p.m. The astronauts arrive at Launch Pad 39-A and begin to board Discovery
2:45 p.m. Discovery’s hatch is closed and latched for launch
3:35 p.m. Countdown enters a 10-minute built-in hold at the T-20 minute mark
3:45 p.m. Countdown resumes at the T-20 minute mark
3:56 p.m. Countdown enters a 40-minute built-in hold at the T-9 minute mark; the MMT conducts its final poll for a “go-no go” for the launch of Discovery (This hold will be adjusted by about 5 additional minutes to become a 45-minute built-in hold designed to meet the preferred in-plane launch time of 4:50:19pm EST)
4:41 p.m. Countdown resumes at the T-9 minute mark
4:45 p.m. APU start
4:50:19pm LAUNCH OF DISCOVERY ON THE STS-133 MISSION
4:58:49 p.m. Main Engine Cut-Off

Additional STS-133 Resources
› Countdown highlights
› Launch Week Events
› STS-133 Press Kit (11.4 Mb PDF)
› STS-133 Mission Summary (778 Kb PDF)
› STS-133 Crew
› Discovery facts (351 Kb PDF)
› Discovery's Career in Photos
› Discovery Retrospective
› Tanking Test Details (Dec. 17, 2010)

› Orbiter Status Updates

Live HD coverage at SpaceVidCast. Live video at SFN and Florida Today. Discussion at Nasaspaceflight. Preflight pics are up at JSC and Sentinel. Launch blog at NASA. Pics and video at KSC. More clips at Space Multimedia. Check the links at right for play-by-play and NASA TV.

What Made 400 People Volunteer for a One-Way Mission to Mars?

An interplanetary trip to Mars could take as little as 10 months, but returning would be virtually impossible -- making the voyage a form of self-imposed exile from Earth unlike anything else in human history.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/10/space-volunteer-way-mission-mars/?test=latestnews

marsplanet

2010: The Year In Space

As we close out 2010, here are some articles wrapping up the year in space:

Looking ahead to 2011...
Happy New Year! Keep an eye on on our Twitter feed for Space News and History every day!

Voyager 1 Leaves Sun’s Embrace, Nears Edge of Solar System

NASA's long-running Voyager 1 spacecraft is barreling its way toward the edge of the solar system.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/13/edge-solar-voyager-finds-oddities/?test=latestnews

voyager

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