Space Station's European Lab Set for December Launch
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SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Seven astronauts and a European laboratory are on track to rocket toward the International Space Station (ISS) next month aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis.
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SPACE.com - WASHINGTON
- Seven astronauts are set to rocket toward the International Space Station
aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour next week to help outfit the orbiting
SPACE.com - The seven
shuttle astronauts preparing to rocket toward the International Space Station
(ISS) with a new Japanese laboratory this month arrived at NASA's Florida
SPACE.com - They may be
light on space experience, but the seven astronauts set to launch aboard NASA's
shuttle Discovery on Saturday are raring to rocket into orbit.
SPACE.com - HOUSTON — After
successfully delivering the largest-ever lab to the International Space Station
(ISS), the seven astronauts returning home aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery are
Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down safely at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Wednesday morning after a near 13-day successful mission to install Europe's Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station. "We appreciate all the great help and support," Commander Steve Frick told space agency NASA's mission control in Houston after the shuttle came to a stop at 9:08 a.m.
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON
- Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour and the International Space
Station said Friday that their joint mission is going well despite glitches
SPACE.com - Having sailed in space for the past two weeks to install the European Space Agency's (ESA) Columbus science lab on the International Space Station, the crew of space shuttle Atlantis came home to Houston on Thursday. Despite the overcast skies, a crowd of their mission training and team members, friends and, perhaps most importantly to them, their families, gathered to greet the seven astronauts for a homecoming celebration.
SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - The seven-astronaut crew of NASA's shuttle Endeavour is gearing up for the longest construction mission ever aimed at the International Space Station (ISS), where spaceflyers will add a Japanese-built room and a Canadian robot to the growing orbiting laboratory.