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Space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth
Shuttle Endeavour sailed into the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, touching down on Runway 15 at 12:32 p.m. EDT after traveling more than five million miles on its 20th spaceflight.
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Endeavour headed for landing in Florida
Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for landing at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, weather permitting, to close out its station assembly flight. Program managers say a small-but-deep gouge in the shuttle's heat shield poses no threat to Endeavour or its crew. But the jury is still out on what sort of near-term fix might be needed to keep shuttles flying until the external tank problem that caused the damage can be eliminated.
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Crew preps for entry
The Endeavour astronauts are preparing the shuttle for landing Tuesday, packing up equipment and testing the ship's re-entry systems before enjoying a final few hours of off-duty time Monday afternoon.
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Endeavour departs station after successful visit
The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the space station Sunday morning, departing at 7:56 a.m. EDT after nine days of orbital construction and supply transfer work. Endeavour is due home at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, with touchdown targeted for about 12:30 p.m. EDT.
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NASA decides to bring Endeavour home a day early
The Endeavour astronauts staged a final, abbreviated spacewalk Saturday and closed hatches between the shuttle and the international space station to set the stage for undocking early Sunday and landing Tuesday - a day early because of concern about Hurricane Dean - to close out a dramatic station assembly mission.
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NASA studies options as hurricane threat looms
NASA's Mission Management Team, after resolving concerns about damage to the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield, shifted gears Friday and began discussing the possibility of bringing the astronauts back to Earth on Tuesday, a day early, because of concern Hurricane Dean could threaten a shutdown of mission control at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Crew preps for Saturday's station spacewalk
The Endeavour astronauts were working through a busy day in space Friday, trying to trace a subtle communications wiring problem, transferring supplies and equipment to and from the international space station and preparing for a fourth and final spacewalk Saturday.
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Final decision: No repair needed on tile damage
NASA's Mission Management Team on Thursday ruled out an unprecedented heat shield repair spacewalk and cleared the shuttle Endeavour for re-entry and landing next week "as is" based on computer modeling and tests in a high-temperature furnace that show a small gouge in the ship's belly will not cause serious damage during the fiery plunge to Earth.
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Barbara Morgan chats with students from space station
The Endeavour astronauts are content to follow the guidance of mission control when it comes to a divot in the shuttle's heat shield. Teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan said Thursday "we have a lot of faith in the program and we'll do what the engineers decide is the best thing for us to do. We have all confidence we're going to be able to do the right thing."
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Cameras aboard shuttle give amazing launch views
Now you can take a virtual trip aboard shuttle Endeavour's recent launch thanks to video cameras mounted inside the ship's cockpit as well as outside on the twin solid rocket boosters and external tank. A camera in the crew module shows what it's like for the astronauts during the climb to orbit, while the booster cameras offer unique forward-facing and Earth-facing views of the launch, separation from the shuttle and the fall into the Atlantic. The external fuel tank had a camera showing the entire trek to space.
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NASA awaits final test data before decision on repair
As expected, the Endeavour astronauts will delay their fourth spacewalk, from Friday to Saturday, to protect against the possibility of an unprecedented heat shield repair. Mission Management Team Chairman John Shannon said late Wednesday a decision one way or the other will be made Thursday, after a final round of tests.
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Glove damage brings early end to spacewalk
Making a routine inspection of his spacesuit gloves, a recently implemented safety procedure because of damage found after a December shuttle flight, astronaut Rick Mastracchio spotted a small hole in one of the outer layers of his left glove, prompting mission control to order him back to the space station's airlock as a precaution.
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NASA 'cautiously optimistic' shuttle won't need repairs
Sophisticated computer analysis indicates the aluminum skin directly below a small gash in the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield will not exceed NASA's 350-degree safety limit during re-entry, a top NASA manager said late Tuesday, despite temperatures of up to 2,100 degrees just outside the gouge.
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Crew installs spare parts platform outside the station
The Endeavour astronauts worked to robotically install a 7,000-pound equipment storage platform on the international space station Tuesday, a complex procedure requiring tight choreography between the shuttle and station robot arms.
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Shannon says tile damage not a threat to astronauts
The foam-damaged heat-shield tiles on the belly of Endeavour do not represent a Columbia-class threat of catastrophic failure during re-entry, the chairman of NASA's Mission Management Team said Monday.
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Spacewalkers replace a failed station component
Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams successfully replaced an ailing control moment gyroscope on the space station Monday to accomplish the primary goal of their second spacewalk.
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Thermal tile gouge almost reaches shuttle's skin
A "focused inspection" of the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield Sunday, prompted by concern over foam impact damage spotted earlier in the mission, revealed a deep gouge that nearly penetrates two adjacent tiles on the orbiter's belly. The damage was not apparent in realtime imagery downlinked from the shuttle, but higher resolution photos seen later in the day clearly showed a small but deep, scooped-out pit in the heat shield.
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Space station computer up and running again
Amid planning for an afternoon inspection to assess the extent of shuttle heat shield damage, space station controllers successfully restarted a command-and-control computer that locked up Saturday because of an apparent software glitch.
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Extra shuttle inspection to answer tile damage concern
Digital video from cameras mounted on Endeavour's solid-fuel boosters shows debris that hit the underside of the orbiter during launch Wednesday was a chunk of foam, not ice. A focused inspection Sunday using a laser scanner and a high-resolution camera is needed to fully assess the extent of the damage and what, if any, impact it might have during re-entry.
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New station truss installed during spacewalk
Amid ongoing work to assess the health of the shuttle Endeavour's heat shield, astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Dave Williams conducted a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Saturday to attach a 5,000 pound spacer segment to the space station's main solar array truss.
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Endeavour pulls into port
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Shuttle Endeavour glided to a gentle docking with the station Friday after a spectacular trans-Atlantic somersault to give the lab crew a chance to inspect the orbiter's heat-shield tiles. While analysis of high-resolution digital images will take several days to complete, engineers spotted a small gouge in the tile behind the right landing gear door that may have been caused by a chunk of ice that hit the orbiter 58 seconds after launch.
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Photo gallery: The launch of space shuttle Endeavour
The space shuttle Endeavour was launched at 6:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday to begin its 20th voyage in orbit. This collection of images begins with retraction of the service tower at pad 39A on the evening before launch and shows various views of the liftoff.
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NASA says tank appears to have performed well
Preliminary analysis of launch photography indicates about nine small bits of foam insulation came off the shuttle Endeavour's external fuel tank during the climb to space Wednesday. But only three are believed to have possibly struck the orbiter and there are no obvious signs of any impact damage, officials said Thursday.
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Crew gives Endeavour thorough inspection
The Endeavour astronauts are working through a busy first full day in space, completing setup of the ship's laptop computer network, checking out their spacesuits and carrying out an exhaustive inspection of the shuttle's nose cap and wing leading edge panels.
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Shuttle Endeavour thunders back into space
The shuttle Endeavour, making its first flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster, blasted off Wednesday on a space station assembly mission carrying a crew of seven that includes teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan, Christa McAuliffe's backup in the original Teacher in Space program.
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A wide-ranging interview with the leader of NASA
NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said Tuesday he believes a recent independent report that included anecdotal allegations of alcohol abuse among some unnamed astronauts was "inflammatory" and not credible based on his own personal experience with the men and women who risk their lives on the high frontier.
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Shuttle preview: A flight for education and the station
Fresh out of a lengthy overhaul, the shuttle Endeavour is poised for blastoff Wednesday on a space station assembly mission, the orbiter's first flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster. The high-profile multi-spacewalk mission features Barbara Morgan, a 55-year-old elementary school teacher-turned-astronaut who has waited 21 years for a chance to fulfill Christa McAuliffe's legacy as the original Teacher in Space.
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Station gets supply ship
A Russian cargo delivery craft reached the space station at 2:40 p.m. EDT Sunday, successfully docking to the Pirs module following a three-day trek since launch. The Progress freighter is carrying about 5,000 pounds of supplies for the outpost, including new parts for the Russian computer system.
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With new valve tested, countdown set to begin
Engineers at the Kennedy Space Center are gearing up to start the shuttle Endeavour's countdown this evening at 8 p.m. EDT, setting the stage for launch on a space station assembly mission at 6:36 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Forecasters are predicting a 70 percent chance of good weather for launch.
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Shuttle launch postponed;
Crew flies to Cape
Launch of space shuttle Endeavour with teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan is being postponed 24 hours, with liftoff now targeted for 6:36 p.m. EDT on Wednesday. The decision was made to give engineers more time to catch up on pre-flight work, which fell behind schedule with this week's replacement of a faulty pressure valve in the shuttle's crew module.
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Educator-astronaut Morgan finally about to fly
Twenty-one years after the shuttle Challenger crashed to Earth, the fallen astronauts, their mission and the management failures that cost them their lives have faded from public memory. Once eulogized by President Ronald Reagan, the crew's names now grace schools, bridges and other public works, quiet honors that symbolize the inevitable transition from front page news to somber history.
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Shuttle valve to be replaced without impact to launch
NASA managers Wednesday ordered engineers to replace a suspect positive pressure relief valve in the shuttle Endeavour's crew module to fix an apparent leak that showed up over the weekend during routine launch pad testing.
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Shuttle Endeavour cabin leak being investigated
Engineers readying the shuttle Endeavour for the start of its countdown Saturday and launch next Tuesday on a space station assembly mission are wrestling with an apparent crew cabin leak that is proving difficult to isolate.
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Endeavour heads for launch amid troubles at NASA
Wrapping up a two-day flight readiness review, NASA has tentatively cleared the shuttle Endeavour for blastoff on a station assembly flight featuring educator-astronaut Barbara Morgan. NASA's inspector general, meanwhile, is investigating the apparent sabotage of an electronic black box. And managers had no immediate comment on a report citing alleged alcohol abuse by astronauts.
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Astronauts arrive at Cape to practice launch countdown
The seven space shuttle Endeavour astronauts jetted into Kennedy Space Center Monday evening for this week's launch countdown dress rehearsal, a key part of the crew's final pre-flight training regimen.
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We present four picturesque panoramas taken at Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A on Wednesday morning by Spaceflight Now immediately after shuttle Endeavour's arrival at the oceanfront complex. Endeavour is getting ready to launch August 7 on its first spaceflight in almost five years.
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Endeavour in the morning
Following shuttle Endeavour's overnight rollout to the launch pad Wednesday, reporters and photographers were invited to Complex 39 to see the vehicle at sunrise. A collection of images is posted here.
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Overhauled Endeavour on pad again after five years
Traveling at less than a mile per hour in the dark of night, space shuttle Endeavour journeyed to the launch pad Wednesday morning fresh from a major tune-up for its first flight in nearly five years.
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Shuttle Endeavour prepped for rollout to launch pad
Engineers are readying the shuttle Endeavour for launch in August on a space station assembly and resupply mission. The flight features NASA's first educator-astronaut, Barbara Morgan, who served as backup to Christa McAuliffe in the original Teacher-in-Space program.
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Endeavour moves to VAB
Space shuttle Endeavour was transported from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center on July 2. The shuttle will be attached to its fuel tank and booster rockets inside the 52-story VAB.
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