STS-129 Mission Coverage |
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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.
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PHOTOS: BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF LANDING
PHOTOS: SHUTTLE ROLLS TO HANGAR
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REMAINING SHUTTLE MISSIONS
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LANDING REPLAY: VIEW OUT THE PILOT'S WINDOW PLAY
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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.
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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.
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INSPECTION BOOM UNBERTHED FOR HEAT SHIELD CHECKS PLAY
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VIEWS OF ATLANTIS DURING FLYAROUND MANEUVER PLAY
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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.
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SPACE STATION EXPEDITION CHANGE OF COMMAND PLAY
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PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 9 PLAY
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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.
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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.
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ENDING OF MISSION'S THIRD AND FINAL SPACEWALK PLAY
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SPACEWALKERS INSTALL OXYGEN TANK ONTO AIRLOCK PLAY
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HIGH-PRESSURE OXYGEN TANK REMOVED FROM PALLET PLAY
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GATHERING SCIENCE CASES FROM SHUTTLE BAY PLAY
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PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 8 PLAY
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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."
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EDUCATIONAL EVENT WITH TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY PLAY
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WASHINGTON, TAMPA AND CHICAGO MEDIA INTERVIEWS PLAY
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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.
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CREWS AWAKENED A SECOND NIGHT
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EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNICATION PACKAGE INSTALLED PLAY
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SECOND SPARE PARTS PALLET MOVED TO STATION PLAY
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PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 6 PLAY
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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SHUTTLE ARM HANDS PALLET TO STATION'S ARM PLAY
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LOGISTICS CARRIER 1 UNBERTHED FROM SHUTTLE PLAY
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WEDNESDAY'S MISSION STATUS BRIEFING PLAY
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SHUTTLE CREW FLOATS INTO STATION PLAY
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ATLANTIS DOCKS TO THE SPACE STATION PLAY
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SPACE SHUTTLE PERFORMS 360-DEGREE BACKFLIP PLAY
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BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF ATLANTIS APPROACHING PLAY
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SUMMARY OF THE SPARE PARTS PALLETS PLAY
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PREVIEW OF PALLET NO. 1 DELIVERY ON FLIGHT DAY 3 PLAY
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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.
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PREVIEW OF ACTIVITIES ON FLIGHT DAY 2 PLAY
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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.
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PHOTOS: LIFTOFF FROM PAD CAMERAS
PHOTOS: THE MEDIA'S VIEW OF LAUNCH
PHOTOS: ATLANTIS AT NIGHTFALL
NASA TV SCHEDULE REV. A (.pdf download)
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ASCENT EVENTS TIMELINE
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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.
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LAUNCH WINDOWS CHART
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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LAUNCH WINDOWS CHART
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STS-129 FLIGHT PLAN
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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.
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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.
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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.
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