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  • 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.

  • Space Shuttle Pilot Set to Talk With Tennessee Students from Orbit

    11.18.09 - Congressman Bart Gordon and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville will host a live conversation between more than 120 students and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore on Sunday, Nov. 22.

  • 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 #03

    11.17.09 - Atlantis astronauts Tuesday inspected the space shuttle’s thermal protection system, checked out spacesuits and prepared to dock with the International Space Station.

  • NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Headed for Delivery Stop at Space Station

    11.16.09 - Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

  • Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis

    11.12.09 - An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

  • Ames to Host Live Broadcast of Space Shuttle Launch

    11.12.09 - News media and the public are invited to observe the live televised broadcast of the launch of STS-129, space shuttle Atlantis, on Monday, Nov. 16 in the Exploration Center at NASA Ames.

  • 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.