Big Endeavour

Mission 26 The Big Endeavour

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Last mission to shuttle

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NASA send this friday, the Atlantis Shuttle to the ISS. You can follow the live coverage of the mission in NASATV

"Atlantis and its four astronauts left Earth for the final space shuttle mission, which will cap off an amazing 30-year program of exploration, which launched great observatories, built an International Space Station, and taught us more about how humans can live and work in space. 

With the International Space Station flying 220 miles high and east of Christchurch, New Zealand, Atlantis left Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:29 a.m. EDT. There was a slight delay at T-31 seconds while retraction of the Gaseous Oxygen Vent Arm, or "Beanie Cap," was verified. Atlantis will dock with the space station on Sunday."

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Discovery Shuttle

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Here is a great infographic information about Discovery Shuttle from space.com

The Last Journey

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Discovery was launched in the 39A pad at the Space Kennedy Center, the Shuttle initiated the final journey.

Last Journey

Credits: NASA

Yesterday at the launch pad 39A at the Space Kennedy Center, the Shuttle Discovery initiated the final journey.

The STS133 mission of this shuttle to the International Space Station, it has a remarkable new: The ROBONAUT. It's the end for Discovery but the begging to Roboanut.

ROBONAUT 2 - Credits: NASA

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Delayed launch of Discovery

Discovery launch was delayed until the end of November.

Credit: NASA's Kennedy Space Center

An 8-inch crack has been spotted in the foam covering the intertank section of the shuttle Discovery's external tank. Engineers are assessing that situation, which has developed since the tank was drained of its supercold propellants today.

Mission Management Team prelaunch chairman Mike Moses says officials determined it just wasn't prudent to push toward a Monday launch attempt given the amount of work ahead to resolve the hydrogen leak.

Moses says the foam crack is located on the front side of the tank facing the orbiter and just above the bipod where Discovery's nose is attached. He said it's too soon to know what might need to be done with that crack.

from spaceflightnow
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