STS-129 Mission Coverage Seven astronauts bring shuttle Atlantis back home Space shuttle Atlantis has returned from its penultimate voyage, one that delivered nearly 15 tons of spare parts and supplies meant to fortify the future of the International Space Station. The landing occurred Friday at 9:44 a.m. EST on Kennedy Space Center's Runway 33.    FULL STORY    MISSION STATUS CENTER - live updates!    MOBILE STREAMING VIDEO - for iPhones    PHOTOS: BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF LANDING    PHOTOS: SHUTTLE ROLLS TO HANGAR    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. N (.pdf download)    REMAINING SHUTTLE MISSIONS    STORE: STS-129 PATCH    STS-129 VIDEO COVERAGE    HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LANDS IN FLORIDA PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: OBJECT FALLS IN INFRARED PLAY | PAST IR VIEWS VIDEO: POST-LANDING PRESS CONFERENCE PLAY VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: VIEW OUT THE PILOT'S WINDOW PLAY VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: INSIDE MISSION CONTROL CENTER PLAY VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: SOUTH END OF RUNWAY PLAY VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: RUNWAY MID-FIELD PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: LONG-RANGE TRACKER PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LANDING REPLAY: VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING PLAY | HI-DEF SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlantis crew tests shuttle systems, preps for landing The Atlantis astronauts worked through a busy Thanksgiving in space Thursday, testing the shuttle's re-entry systems and packing up for landing Friday at the Kennedy Space Center to close out a successful space station delivery mission.    AFTERNOON UPDATE    MORNING STORY    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. M (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 11 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY VIDEO: PRE-LANDING MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: CREW INTERVIEWED BY ABC, LOS ANGELES AND TAMPA TV PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Shuttle undocks from International Space Station Atlantis and the International Space Station parted company at 4:53 a.m. EST Wednesday after a week-long visit by the shuttle that delivered two large pallets of spare parts meant to keep the outpost flying for many years to come.    FULL STORY    UNDOCKING STORY    MORNING STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. L (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 10 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY VIDEO: UPDATE FROM MISSION MANAGEMENT TEAM PLAY VIDEO: WEDNESDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: INSPECTION BOOM UNBERTHED FOR HEAT SHIELD CHECKS PLAY VIDEO: VIEWS OF ATLANTIS DURING FLYAROUND MANEUVER PLAY VIDEO: SHUTTLE ATLANTIS UNDOCKS FROM SPACE STATION PLAY VIDEO: PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 10 PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Shuttle astronauts bid space station fliers farewell The Atlantis astronauts used the shuttle's maneuvering thrusters to boost the International Space Station's altitude by more than a mile early Tuesday, participated in a change-of-command ceremony aboard the lab complex and then bid their station colleagues farewell before closing hatches to set the stage for undocking Wednesday.    FULL STORY    MORNING STORY    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. L (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 9 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY VIDEO: TUESDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: ATLANTIS ASTRONAUTS BID FAREWELL TO STATION CREW PLAY VIDEO: SPACE STATION EXPEDITION CHANGE OF COMMAND PLAY VIDEO: SHUTTLE AND STATION CREW JOINT CONFERENCE PLAY VIDEO: PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 9 PLAY VIDEO: TUESDAY MORNING'S FLIGHT DIRECTOR INTERVIEW PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Reliving shuttle Atlantis' beautiful afternoon ascent Onboard rocket camera footage always dazzles and the video from shuttle Atlantis' external fuel tank and solid boosters didn't disappoint. The inspiring views of the spacecraft rocketing toward orbit are presented here for Spaceflight Now+Plus users with launch audio. Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: LEFT-HAND BOOSTER CAMERA LOOKING UPWARD PLAY VIDEO: LEFT-HAND BOOSTER CAMERA LOOKING INBOARD PLAY VIDEO: LEFT-HAND BOOSTER CAMERA LOOKING DOWNWARD PLAY VIDEO: RIGHT-HAND BOOSTER CAMERA LOOKING UPWARD PLAY VIDEO: RIGHT-HAND BOOSTER CAMERA LOOKING INBOARD PLAY VIDEO: RIGHT-HAND BOOSTER CAMERA LOOKING DOWNWARD PLAY VIDEO: EXTERNAL TANK CAMERA FROM LIFTOFF TO SEPARATION PLAY MORE: STS-129 VIDEO COVERAGE SUBSCRIBE NOW Third and final spacewalk of the shuttle Atlantis flight Astronauts Bobby Satcher and Randy Bresnik took a five-hour, 42-minute spacewalk Monday to install an oxygen tank on the International Space Station's Quest airlock module, set up a materials science space exposure experiment and carry out a variety of station assembly get-ahead tasks.    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    MORNING STORY    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. K (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 8 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY VIDEO: MONDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: ENDING OF MISSION'S THIRD AND FINAL SPACEWALK PLAY VIDEO: SPACEWALKERS INSTALL OXYGEN TANK ONTO AIRLOCK PLAY VIDEO: HIGH-PRESSURE OXYGEN TANK REMOVED FROM PALLET PLAY VIDEO: GATHERING SCIENCE CASES FROM SHUTTLE BAY PLAY VIDEO: PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 8 PLAY VIDEO: MONDAY MORNING'S FLIGHT DIRECTOR INTERVIEW PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlantis astronaut's wife delivers a baby girl Astronaut Randy Bresnik carried out a spacewalk Saturday awaiting word of the birth of his second child. Responding to a wake-up call from Houston early Sunday, he delivered the news that his wife Rebecca had given birth, saying "good morning, Houston. Good morning, Rebecca, good morning, Wyatt, and good morning to our little girl."    MORNING STORY    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. I (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY VIDEO: PRE-FLIGHT INTERVIEW WITH RANDY AND REBECCA PLAY VIDEO: BIRTH OF BABY BRESNIK ANNOUNCED FROM ORBIT PLAY VIDEO: EDUCATIONAL EVENT WITH TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY PLAY VIDEO: WASHINGTON, TAMPA AND CHICAGO MEDIA INTERVIEWS PLAY VIDEO: SUNDAY MORNING'S FLIGHT DIRECTOR INTERVIEW PLAY VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 6 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Astronauts perform mission's second spacewalk Space shuttle Atlantis crew members Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik completed a six-hour spacewalk Saturday that installed an experimental communications antenna package and wireless video relay, moved a measurement probe, deployed two external payload attachment fixtures for future use, plus a few other odds and ends. One final EVA of the mission is planned for Monday.    FULL STORY    MORNING STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    CREWS AWAKENED A SECOND NIGHT Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: SATURDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: SPACEWALKERS INSTALL WIRELESS VIDEO ANTENNA PLAY VIDEO: MEASUREMENT PROBE RELOCATED ON STATION TRUSSES PLAY VIDEO: EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNICATION PACKAGE INSTALLED PLAY VIDEO: SECOND SPARE PARTS PALLET MOVED TO STATION PLAY VIDEO: STEP-BY-STEP SUMMARY OF SPACEWALK NO. 2 PLAY VIDEO: PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 6 PLAY VIDEO: SATURDAY MORNING'S FLIGHT DIRECTOR INTERVIEW PLAY VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 5 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Improved station gyros delivered on Atlantis Among the most critical spares being transferred from the shuttle to the International Space Station on STS-129 are two 600-pound control moment gyros built by Boeing and L3 Communications.    FULL STORY NASA assumes ownership of next station module The European Space Agency formally handed over ownership of the Tranquility module to NASA on Friday, two-and-a-half months before the connecting node's February launch on shuttle Endeavour.    FULL STORY Crews work inside station; Bresnik awaits birth news The Atlantis astronauts worked through another day in space Friday, transferring equipment from the shuttle to the International Space Station and making preparations for a second spacewalk Saturday. Shuttle flight engineer Randolph Bresnik, meanwhile, awaited word from Earth on the birth of his second child, a girl, scheduled for delivery Friday two weeks ahead of his wife's December due date.    MORNING STORY    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. F (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: FRIDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: ESPN, BET AND RICHMOND TV INTERVIEWS PLAY VIDEO: MELVIN AND SATCHER ON MORNING RADIO SHOW PLAY VIDEO: CBS, NASHVILLE TV AND FOX RADIO INTERVIEWS PLAY VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 4 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Spacewalk No. 1 a success; Atlantis' heat shield cleared Astronauts Mike Foreman and Bobby Satcher completed a six-hour, 37-minute spacewalk Thursday to install a spare S-band antenna assembly on the International Space Station, lubricate robotic snares used to grip payloads and equipment and work on cable runs and connections. The tasks were finished with two hours to spare, allowing the crew to deploy an external payload attachment fixture as a bonus task.    CREWS AWAKENED BY FALSE ALARMS    FULL STORY    MORNING STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. D (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THURSDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: SPAEWALKERS HAMMER STUCK BRACE ON TRUSS PLAY VIDEO: MAINTENANCE WORK ON JAPANESE ROBOT ARM PLAY VIDEO: ENJOYING THE VIEW OF SHUTTLE AND STATION PLAY VIDEO: REFURBISHED S-BAND ANTENNA INSTALLED PLAY VIDEO: ASTRONAUTS MOVE ANTENNA FROM SHUTTLE PLAY VIDEO: SPACEWALK NO. 1 GETS UNDERWAY PLAY VIDEO: STEP-BY-STEP SUMMARY OF SPACEWALK NO. 1 PLAY VIDEO: PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 4 PLAY VIDEO: THURSDAY MORNING'S FLIGHT DIRECTOR INTERVIEW PLAY VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlantis streaks to successful station linkup Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station with a smooth docking at 11:51 a.m. EST. A few hours later, the astronauts successfully removed the first of two pallet-like carriers from the payload bay and installed it onto the station, giving the outpost a new stockpile of spare parts for the future.    DOCKING STORY    MORNING STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. C (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: AERIAL LAUNCH AND SRB SPLASHDOWN FOOTAGE PLAY VIDEO: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON'S MANAGEMENT TEAM UPDATE PLAY VIDEO: SPARE PARTS CARRIER INSTALLED ONTO STATION PLAY VIDEO: SHUTTLE ARM HANDS PALLET TO STATION'S ARM PLAY VIDEO: LOGISTICS CARRIER 1 UNBERTHED FROM SHUTTLE PLAY VIDEO: WEDNESDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: SHUTTLE CREW FLOATS INTO STATION PLAY VIDEO: ATLANTIS DOCKS TO THE SPACE STATION PLAY VIDEO: SPACE SHUTTLE PERFORMS 360-DEGREE BACKFLIP PLAY VIDEO: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF ATLANTIS APPROACHING PLAY VIDEO: SUMMARY OF THE SPARE PARTS PALLETS PLAY VIDEO: PREVIEW OF PALLET NO. 1 DELIVERY ON FLIGHT DAY 3 PLAY VIDEO: NARRATED PREVIEW OF RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Astronauts give Atlantis full post-launch inspection A preliminary assessment of ascent imagery and data beamed down during an inspection of the shuttle Atlantis' nose cap and wing leading edge panels shows no signs of any significant heat shield damage, the chairman of NASA's Mission Management Team said Tuesday.    FULL STORY    MORNING STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. B (.pdf download) Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 2 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY VIDEO: TUESDAY AFTERNOON'S MANAGEMENT TEAM UPDATE PLAY VIDEO: ROBOT ARM GRAPPLES LOGISTICS CARRIER 1 PLAY VIDEO: TUESDAY AFTERNOON'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 2 PLAY VIDEO: NARRATED TOUR OF THE PAYLOAD BAY PLAY VIDEO: THE FLIGHT DAY 1 HIGHLIGHTS MOVIE PLAY VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: INSIDE MISSION CONTROL ROOM PLAY VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAYS: EXTERNAL TANK CAMERA PLAY VIDEO: POST-LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlantis safely ascends on station supply mission The space shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center precisely on-time Monday at 2:28 p.m. EST (1928 GMT) on a mission to deliver critical spare parts to the International Space Station. Visit our Mission Status Center for play-by-play updates and live streaming video of the voyage.    FULL STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    PHOTOS: LIFTOFF FROM PAD CAMERAS    PHOTOS: THE MEDIA'S VIEW OF LAUNCH    PHOTOS: ATLANTIS AT NIGHTFALL    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. A (.pdf download)    LAUNCH WINDOWS CHART    ASCENT EVENTS TIMELINE    STS-129 FLIGHT PLAN Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: CREW FINISHES GETTING SUITED UP PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: ASTRONAUTS LEAVE CREW QUARTERS PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LIFTOFF OF SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS! PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: PRESS SITE PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: PAD PERIMETER PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: BEACH TRACKER PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: PAD CAEMRA 070 PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: PAD CAEMRA 071 PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: WEST TOWER SITE PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: UCS-23 TRACKER PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: PLAYALINDA BEACH PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: PAD FRONT CAMERA PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: LAUNCH REPLAY: VAB ROOF PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: NARRATED REVIEW OF SHUTTLE'S PREPARATIONS HI-DEF VIDEO: NARRATED REVIEW OF PAYLOADS' PREPARATIONS HI-DEF VIDEO: STUNNING SUNSET ROLLBACK OF PAD GANTRY PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: A LOOK AT SPACE STATION SCIENCE RESEARCH PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlantis mission to fortify future of the space station With the shuttle program entering its final year of operation, engineers are readying Atlantis for launch Monday on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver 15 tons of spare parts and equipment to the International Space Station as a hedge against failures when the shuttle is no longer available for service calls.    PREVIEW STORY    MISSION STATUS CENTER - live updates!    LAUNCH WINDOWS CHART    ASCENT EVENTS TIMELINE    STS-129 FLIGHT PLAN    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. 0 (.pdf download)    STORE: STS-129 PATCH    STS-129 VIDEO COVERAGE    HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: THE STS-129 PRE-LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCE PLAY VIDEO: COUNTDOWN PREVIEW AND WEATHER BRIEFING PLAY VIDEO: ASTRONAUTS ARRIVE FOR LAUNCH PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: NARRATED MISSION OVERVIEW MOVIE PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: MEET SHUTTLE ATLANTIS' ASTRONAUTS PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: ASTRONAUTS TOUR PAD'S CLEANROOM PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: SHUTTLE EVACUATION PRACTICE PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: CREW BOARDS SHUTTLE FOR TEST PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: THE LAUNCH DAY SIMULATION BEGINS PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: CREW ARRIVES FOR PRACTICE COUNTDOWN PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: CREW BRIEFED ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: TEST-DRIVING EMERGENCY ARMORED TANK PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: PAYLOADS DELIVERED TO PAD 39A PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: PLACING PAYLOADS INTO TRANSPORTER PLAY | HI-DEF SUBSCRIBE NOW Countdown begins ticking for Monday's shuttle launch Aiming for a Monday afternoon launch toward the International Space Station, the six astronauts to fly aboard shuttle Atlantis traveled to the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. The launch team gathered in the Firing Room 4 and started the countdown at 1 p.m. EST Friday.    MISSION STATUS CENTER - live updates!    LAUNCH WINDOWS CHART    COUNTDOWN TIMELINE    STS-129 FLIGHT PLAN    NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. 0 (.pdf download)    STORE: STS-129 PATCH    STS-129 VIDEO COVERAGE    HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO Poisk module adds room to International Space Station Two days after launching from Kazakhstan, a new Russian module arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday to give the complex another docking port and a platform for spacewalks and science experiments.    FULL STORY Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: POISK MODULE DOCKS TO THE SPACE STATION PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Atlantis crew finishes mock countdown on launch pad With just under two weeks left to go until their scheduled blastoff, the six Atlantis astronauts climbed aboard the space shuttle Tuesday for a dress rehearsal at launch pad 39A. Atlantis is scheduled to lift off Nov. 16 on a space station resupply mission.    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER Shuttle Atlantis tentatively cleared for Nov. 16 launch NASA managers met at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday and tentatively cleared the shuttle Atlantis for launch Nov. 16 on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver nearly 15 tons of spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station.    FULL STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    STORE: STS-129 PATCH    STS-129 VIDEO COVERAGE    HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW SETS LAUNCH DATE PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW NASA puts priority on Ares test ahead of Atlantis NASA managers met early Monday and agreed the Ares 1-X flight was now NASA's top near-term priority. Because many engineers supporting the Ares test also are needed for shuttle processing, officials have moved Atlantis' "no-earlier-than" launch date from Nov. 12 to Nov. 16.    FULL STORY    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    IMAGES: ATLANTIS ROLLS TO LAUNCH PAD    STORE: STS-129 PATCH    STS-129 VIDEO COVERAGE    HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: SPACE SHUTTLE ROLLOUT IN FAST-FORWARD PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: CREW ARRIVES AT CAPE FOR TRAINING PLAY | HI-DEF SUBSCRIBE NOW NASA looks to relieve space station traffic bottlenecks In an attempt to alleviate tightly stacked space missions, managers are re-evaluating a long-standing policy banning other spacecraft from arriving or leaving the International Space Station while the space shuttle is docked to the complex.    FULL STORY Atlantis rolls to launch pad 39A for November mission After spending the past week inside the Vehicle Assembly Building being attached to its fuel tank, twin rocket boosters and mobile launching platform, space shuttle Atlantis journeyed to Kennedy Space Center's pad 39A on Wednesday for a November space station mission.    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    IMAGES: ATLANTIS ROLLS TO LAUNCH PAD    LAUNCH WINDOWS CHART    COUNTDOWN TIMELINE    STS-129 FLIGHT PLAN    STORE: STS-129 PATCH    STS-129 VIDEO COVERAGE    HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: SPACE SHUTTLE ASSEMBLY IN FAST-FORWARD PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: ATLANTIS TAKES PERCH ATOP PAD 39A PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: ROLLOUT FROM ASSEMBLY BUILDING BEGINS PLAY | HI-DEF SUBSCRIBE NOW Shuttle Atlantis to spend extra day in the VAB Space shuttle Atlantis has been hooked up to its external tank and solid rocket boosters atop a mobile launching platform inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. But NASA has reassessed the schedule and delayed rollout to pad 39A until Wednesday morning.    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    STORE: STS-129 PATCH Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: TIME-LAPSE OF ATLANTIS ATTACHED TO FUEL TANK PLAY SUBSCRIBE NOW Crane issue delays shuttle Atlantis attachment to tank After being moved from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday morning, shuttle Atlantis' planned late-night hoisting into position for attachment to its fuel tank and boosters was delayed while engineers assess an issue with the overhead crane.    ARCHIVED MISSION STATUS CENTER    ROLLOVER PHOTOS    STORE: STS-129 PATCH Additional coverage for subscribers: VIDEO: ATLANTIS LEAVES HANGAR FOR NEXT LAUNCH PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: TIME-LAPSE OF ATLANTIS ARRIVING IN VAB PLAY VIDEO: CLOSING ATLANTIS' PAYLOAD BAY DOORS PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: FUEL TANK ATTACHED TO SOLID ROCKETS PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: ASTRONAUTS MAKE A VISIT TO THE CAPE PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: ORBITER DOCKING SYSTEM CHECKED OUT PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: ATLANTIS' FUEL TANK UNLOADED FROM BARGE PLAY | HI-DEF VIDEO: EXTERNAL TANK ARRIVES AT THE LAUNCH SITE PLAY | HI-DEF SUBSCRIBE NOW NASA faces hurdles to get launch date for next shuttle Two upcoming satellite launches, a pair of meteor showers, multiple Russian missions and tight launch windows are causing potential headaches for NASA planners looking ahead to the next shuttle mission in November.    FULL STORY