The Final Mission
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida

32 Missions

120 Million Miles

end of a 25 year career

THREE CHEERS NASA


 


But, Between 2010 and2015, Russia's Soyuz Spacecraft
will be the only means of taking astronauts to the
International Space Station unless the
Administration and Congress
change their current plans.
 

Sunday, May 23, 2010

 Space Station Crew in Red
Atlantis Crew in Blue

 

Below

Space Station Crew Welcomes Atlantis Crew
aboard the International Space Station.
"It's bigger than I remember, and better than
I remember. I love this place." Ken Hamm

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Atlantis and the STS-132 crew are delivering an Integrated Cargo Carrier, and a Russian-built Mini Research Module to the International Space Station. The astronauts were awakened at 4:20 a.m. ET to begin STS-132. Commander Ken Ham, describes his team as "certified smart guys" from MIT and Cal Tech. Tony Antonelli is the pilot, and Garrett Reisman, Michael Good, Steve Bowen and Piers Sellers are mission specialists. See picture below blast off picture.

Space station flight controllers are working on a debris-avoidance maneuver to increase the distance from a piece of space junk.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Atlantis set to arrive at the Space Station at 10:27 a. m. EDT.

 

 

Russia's Soyuz Spacecraft

The basic design of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft has not changed in some 40 years, though it has had numerous upgrades. The current version is Soyuz TMA.

 

 

The end