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Rocket: Ariane 5 ES
Payload: ATV 1
Date: March 8/9, 2008
Time: 11:03 p.m. EST
(0403 GMT on 9th)
Site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana

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Launching on the shuttle

Video cameras on the boosters and tank, plus a cockpit camera show what the shuttle and its astronauts experience during the trek to space.

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STS-120: In review

The STS-120 crew narrates highlights from its mission that delivered the station's Harmony module and moved the P6 power truss.

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STS-123: TCDT

The STS-123 astronauts complete their countdown dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center.

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STS-123: To the pad

Endeavour travels to pad 39A in the overnight hours of Feb. 18 in preparation for liftoff on STS-123.

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Progress docking

The 28th Progress resupply ship launched to the International Space Station successfully docks.

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NASA '09 budget

NASA officials present President Bush's proposed Fiscal Year 2009 budget for the agency.

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Introduction to ATV

Preview the maiden voyage of European's first Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Jules Verne. The craft will deliver cargo to the International Space Station.

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Station repair job

Station commander Peggy Whitson and flight engineer Dan Tani replace a broken solar array drive motor during a 7-hour spacewalk.

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Mercury science

Scientists present imagery and instrument data collected by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft during its flyby of Mercury.

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Earth science update

NASA leaders discuss the agency's Earth science program and preview major activities planned for 2008, including the launch of three new satellites.

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Ariane 5 rocket rolls out
Posted: March 7, 2008

The Ariane 5 rocket to launch the Jules Verne resupply ship to the space station was rolled from its assembly building the ELA-3 pad at the Guiana Space Center on Friday afternoon.

Photo credit: Stephane Corvaja/ESA





Credit: Stephane Corvaja/ESA
 

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