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  • STS-130 MCC Status Report #04

    02.09.10 - The astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station are just hours from a meeting in space as they work toward tonight’s docking of the shuttle to the orbiting outpost.

  • STS-130 MCC Status Report #02

    02.08.10 - The astronauts onboard space shuttle Endeavour are into their first full day in space and on the way to install the final components of the U.S. segment of the International Space Station.

  • STS-130 MCC Status Report #01

    02.08.10 - After a one day delay due to clouds, space shuttle Endeavour launched at 3:14 a.m. CST Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a new module and an attached cupola for the International Space Station that should increase human understanding of our home planet.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #22

    11.27.09 - The crew of space shuttle Atlantis has begun what is scheduled to be the STS-129 mission’s landing day.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #20

    11.26.09 - The seven-member crew of Atlantis is packing the orbiter and preparing to return home, wrapping up the 31st shuttle flight to the International Space Station.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #21

    11.26.09 - Atlantis crew members spent part of Thanksgiving Day preparing for their scheduled Friday landing.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #18

    11.25.09 - Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew are scheduled to leave the International Space Station at 3:53 a.m. CST.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #19

    11.25.09 - Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station at 3:53 a.m. CST Wednesday, ending a successful resupply visit that included three spacewalks. The total docked time was 6 days, 17 hours and 2 minutes.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #14

    11.23.09 - The combined 12-member crew of Atlantis and the International Space Station will move the last of this mission’s spare hardware during the third and final spacewalk today.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #10

    11.21.09 - An overnight interruption in their preparations will mean that Mission Specialists Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik will head out the station’s hatch on the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission a little later than planned.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #08

    11.20.09 - Though it began a little later than planned, the STS-129 crew is awake and starting work on the day’s activities.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #09

    11.20.09 - Preparations for the second spacewalk of Atlantis’ STS-129 visit to the International Space Station, transfer of material between the spacecraft and talks with media representatives helped keep astronauts busy Friday.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #06

    11.19.09 - After a night spent camping out in the Quest airlock, Mission Specialists Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher are awake and into the final preparations for the first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #04

    11.18.09 - The International Space Station is just a few hours away from receiving a shipment of spares that should help keep it going well into the future.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #05

    11.18.09 - The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station at 10:51 a.m. CST to deliver 14 tons of cargo that is essential for the continued operations of the orbiting laboratory.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #02

    11.17.09 - With a picture-perfect launch day under their belts, Atlantis’ crew members will spend their first full day in space taking pictures of what they hope will be a perfect heat shield.

  • STS-129 MCC Status Report #01

    11.16.09 - Space shuttle Atlantis launched at 1:28 p.m. CST on its way to store supplies onboard the International Space Station.

  • Options Electrify Kennedy Fleet

    09.28.09 - Electric cars haven't been perfected, but they are making an impact on NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

  • STS-128 MCC Status Report #29

    09.11.09 - Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew landed at 7:53 p.m. CDT Friday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., capping off a 14-day mission to deliver supplies and research facilities to the International Space Station and its six-person crew.

  • STS-128 MCC Status Report #28

    09.11.09 - There are four opportunities at two landing sites to bring space shuttle Discovery and its crew home to Earth today after a flight to resupply the International Space Station and deliver a new crew member.