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OH MY GOSH! The Space Shuttle Atlantis came to my town!

estherlou @estherlou (5015) • United States 2 Jul 07

Oh my gosh! The space shuttle landed in Amarillo Sunday morning and of course...I heard about it after it had already happened! LOL. It seems bad weather elsewhere caused them to look for another runway that could accommodate the...

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A glorious return to the earth!

niharikadacoolest2 @niharikadacoolest2 (468) • India 23 Jun 07

Sunita Williams, a lady of Indian origin who completed her 195 days stay at the ISS(International Space Station) is back home. Yesterday at 1:20 IST, the space shuttle Atlantis landed at the Edwards Airforce Base. Forgetting the...

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Did you see it?

rowantree @rowantree (1186) • United States 21 Jun 07

The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Atlantis are flying? close together and are visible for the next few days!Last night I couldn't video tape them but I did get some awesome pictures of the Moon.

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STS-117, Expedition 15 Close Hatches

ketapang @ketapang (94) • Indonesia 18 Jun 07

The STS-117 crew bid farewell today to the Expedition 15 crew before the hatches closed at 6:51 p.m. EDT between Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station. Attention now turns to Atlantis’ undocking from the...

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NASA Preps for Space Walk

primo20 @primo20 (1) • United States 25 Feb 07

Space shuttle Atlantis is slated for lift off in March to deliver equipment to the International Space Station. NASA began preparing for the launch with a launch drill last week. Space flight veteran Frederick Sturckow will lead...

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Knowledge of the surface of Venus before Magellan

neet_4u @neet_4u (63) • India 30 Dec 06

After the Moon, Venus was the second object in the solar system to be explored by radar from the Earth. The first studies were carried out in 1961 at NASA's Goldstone Observatory, part of the Deep Space Network. At successive...

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