The Space Shuttle Atlantis will land during one of the times below, and in one of the listed locations, between Thursday July 21 and Saturday July 23, 2011. The shuttles energy reserves will be 14 hours (it’s ability to keep flying) after these landing times. Overnight, July 20-21, the shuttle undocked from the International Space [...]
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Atlantis Landing Times / Thursday-Saturday, July 21-23
Posted in atlantis, international space station, STS-135, tagged atlantis, california, edwards air force base, florida, kennedy space center, landing times, new mexico, space shuttle, sts-135, where does the shuttle land?, white sands on July 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Life of a Shuttle === the steps to Space & back
Posted in atlantis, crawler transporter, international space station, launch pad 39-a, shuttle hangar, space shuttle, STS-134, STS-135, Vehicle Assembly Building, tagged 39A, 39b, carol anne swagler, launch paqd, life of a shuttle, opf, orbiter processing facility, pete crow, peter crow, peter michael crow, rollout, rollover, runway, shuttle landing facility, slf, vehicle assembly building on July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hangar to VAB to Launch to Space & back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”petecrow/NASA” © 2011 by / Peter M. Crow and the Peter Michael Crow Trust and by [...]
STS-135 / Atlantis … Docking w/ISS / Sunday July 10, 2011
Posted in international space station, johnson space center, space shuttle, STS-135, tagged atlantis, docking, docking with iss, houston, international space station, johnson space center, mission control, pictures, sts-135 on July 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
. . . . . . NASA-TV does a superb job of providing on-going 24/7 coverage from the Mission Control Center, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. To quickly access their site, go HERE. . Current header Photograph. International Space Station from docking hatch of the Shuttle Atlantis during docking. ISS is about 600 feet from [...]
STS-135 final mission // L(aunch)-2, July 6, 2011
Posted in international space station, launch pad 39-a, STS-135, tagged final shuttle launch, nasa, pete crow, seine harbour, shuttle, spac ex, sts-135, tweeters, where is spacex firing room, where is spacex launch pad on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday was briefing day. From 8:15 am to 7 pm the media was offered briefings on everything from how NASA is studying air traffic control, running high tech medical experiments on the International Space Station, planning to place an innovative device on the ISS to re-fuel satellites and much more. The day concluded with visits [...]
The Space Shuttle Flight Simulators
Posted in international space station, johnson space center, space shuttle, STS-135, tagged commander, docking, flight simulator, houston, how does shuttle dock with the international space station?, international space station, iss, johnson space center, landing, pete crow, peter crow, peter michael crow, pilot, seine harbour productions, seine/harbour productions, simulators, space shuttle, where are the NASA flight simulators?, where do astronauts train?, who docks the shuttle?, who undocks the shuttle? on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Astronauts train both at Johnson Space Center, and in Russia. Language on the International Space Station is both in English and Russian. Astronauts must be fluent in both. After the STS-135 NASA Mission, the United States will have no way back to the ISS except on the Russian Soyuz. The tab will be $55-million per [...]
