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Atlantis heads back to Earth on final missionWashington (AFP) May 23, 2010 The space shuttle Atlantis undocked Sunday from the International Space Station (ISS) and headed back to Earth to complete its final mission after successfully delivering tons of supplies. The shuttle uncoupled from the orbiting space laboratory at 11:22 am (1522 GMT) after its six-member crew unloaded the last equipment, which included a crucial communications antenna, power storage batteries and a radiator. The biggest single element was the five-ton Rassvet research module, or MRM-1, which wi ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) May 17, 2010US astronauts completed Monday the first of three planned spacewalks from the shuttle Atlantis a day after the craft docked with the International Space Station. Astronauts Garrett Reisman and Stephen Bowen finished the seven-hour, 25-minute spacewalk at 3:19 pm (1919 GMT) after installing a second space-to-ground communications antenna and a spare parts platform on Dexter, the two-armed rob ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 17, 2010BP said Monday that about 20 percent of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is being swallowed up by its insertion tube system and no longer feeding a giant slick off Louisiana. The British energy giant also said it was gearing up for an operation called a "top kill" to inject tonnes of heavy drilling "mud" into the well to stanch the flow before permanently sealing it with cement. " ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 17, 2010US President Barack Obama is launching a commission to probe the huge Gulf oil spill amid a growing political firestorm as BP said Monday a tube inserted into the gushing leak was siphoning 20 percent of the flow. The independent commission will be established by executive order in the coming days, an administration official said, and will supplement existing government inquiries into what h ... more |
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Boeing Provides New Antenna And Batteries For Shuttle Mission To ISSCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 17, 2010 Boeing has provided critical parts that Space Shuttle Atlantis will carry to the International Space Station (ISS) when the orbiter launches on the 32nd and final flight of its quarter-century career. The parts include six replacement batteries and a space-to-ground antenna (SGANT) with accompanying boom assembly. The six batteries will be installed on the ISS' port truss to replace old batteries that Atlantis will bring back to Earth. The batteries provide power while the ISS is in the Earth's sh ... read more |
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