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Earhart's Scarf to Fly Again
A scarf from famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart leads the inventory of commemoratve items for the STS-129 crew.
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More to KSC Runway Than Shuttle Ops
Air traffic controllers at the space shuttle's runway deal with exotic aircraft, race cars and even stray pilots on a day-to-day basis.
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Engineers Excited by EuTEF's Return on Discovery
A European experiments platform called EuTEF returned to Earth after 18 months on the International Space Station.
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Buzz, Astronauts Shine as Stars of Disney Parade
Buzz Lightyear rolled triumphantly down Disney's Main Street to mark a successful stay on the International Space Station.
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NASA's Pathfinder Tracks Weather for Ferry Flight
Weather challenged pathfinder team for Discovery's piggy-backed return to Kennedy Space Center.
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Astro Mike Rockets to a Million on Twitter
Astronaut Mike Massimino, the first human to tweet from space, recently became the first astronaut to reach one million followers on Twitter.
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STS-128 Outfits Station for New Science
Discovery carried a host of new science experiments and research equipment to the International Space Station to outfit the laboratory for more space-based studies.
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Model Car, Airplane Highlight Discovery Crew
Models join flags and medallions as commemorations of Discovery's flight to the International Space Station.
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Do Tread on Me
On Earth, we all know that exercise is good for us. But do we know exactly how good?
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Visits to Pad Show Scorched Metal, Melted Plastic
Liftoff marks the beginning of the workday for a group of engineers who evaluate damage to the pad after launch.
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COLBERT Ready for Serious Exercise
Engineers spent two years designing and building what is suddenly the most famous treadmill in the world - or above it.
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Completing Kibo: STS-127 Marks New Era for Science
The crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station installed the final pieces of Japan's Kibo laboratory.
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A Countdown of Countdowns: The Space Shuttle's Finale
For 50 years, NASA's been famous for counting backward from 10 to zero. But a final countdown is now under way that will stand out among them all.
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Personal Items Show Crew's Varied Paths
The crew members of STS-127 are carrying tokens reflecting their past accomplishments.
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"Astro_Mike" Tweets to Take Questions Live on Ustream
In the Twitter world it is said, “In space, no one can hear you tweet.” Astronaut Mike Massimino dismissed this notion a few weeks ago on his 13-day trip aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis when he sent the first tweet from space.
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Mission Accomplished: Leaving Hubble Better Than Ever
Take one space shuttle, seven highly trained astronauts, tons of equipment, and one legendary orbiting telescope and you have the 5.3 million-mile odyssey that was Hubble's final servicing mission.
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Hubble Flight Tests Toolmakers
Tool designers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center had to invent several new instruments for the STS-125 mission.
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Pocket Telescope, Lens Celebrate Hubble Mission
The astronauts of Atlantis will mark their mission with a wide array of commemorative items they take into space.
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NASA's STS-119 Mission: Boosting the Station Power
The International Space Station is beautifully balanced and "powered-up."
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Dallas Family's Tradition Boosts NASA for 100 Flights
For 21 years and 100 shuttle missions, Mission Control has been graced with a bouquet of roses, displayed proudly amid trademark data screens and tracking maps.