The shuttle Endeavour glided to a landing at the Kennedy Space Center today, wrapping up a marathon 16-day space station construction mission and bringing Japan’s first long-duration astronaut back to Earth after four-and-a-half months in weightlessness.
Agencies Cape Canaveral, Fla., July 30: The US government should leave the business of launching cargo and people into Earth orbit to private commercial space transporters, members of a presidential panel said.
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Optimistic the weather will cooperate for a morning landing, entry Flight Director Bryan Lunney said Thursday NASA will only staff the Kennedy Space Center for back-to-back landing opportunities Friday in hopes of bringing the shuttle Endeavour back to Florida.
The shuttle Endeavour’s crew completed a set of pre-entry tests today and pressed ahead with work to ready the ship for landing Friday at the Kennedy Space Center.
* U.S. urged to use private operators for space transport
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The U.S. government should leave the business of launching cargo and people into Earth orbit to private commercial space transporters, members of a presidential panel said on Wednesday.
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The Endeavour astronauts tested the shuttle’s re-entry systems today before packing up for the trip back to Earth Friday to close out a 16-day space station assembly mission.
Source: Reuters * U.S. urged to use private operators for space transport * NASA would focus on bigger space challenges * Shuttle Endeavour crew prepares for Friday homecoming By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, …
Space station commander Gennady Padalka aborted the automated approach of an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship today after a problem of some sort left it in the wrong orientation, taking over manual control and remotely guiding the craft to a picture-perfect docking at 7:12 a.m. EDT.
NASA craft undocks as crewmembers say farewell to ISS’s resident astronauts.
