Browsing Archive: July, 2011
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Tuesday, July 19, 2011,
 Astronaut Ron Garan took this image during the spacewalk conducted on
Tues., July 12, 2011. It shows the International Space Station with
Space Shuttle Atlantis docked on the right and a Russian Soyuz on the
far left. In the foreground is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS)
experiment installed during the STS-134 mission. AMS is a
state-of-the-art particle physics detector designed to use the unique
environment of space to advance knowledge of the universe and lead to
the understandin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Tuesday, July 19, 2011,
 Spacewalker Ron Garan rides on the International Space Station's robotic
arm as he transfers a failed pump module to the cargo bay of space
shuttle Atlantis. Garan and fellow Expedition 28 astronaut Mike Fossum
wrapped up a six-hour, 31-minute spacewalk Tuesday
afternoon, performing upgrades and maintenance on the orbiting outpost.
It's the final scheduled spacewalk during a shuttle mission. Image
Credit: NASA Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Tuesday, July 19, 2011,
 NASA managers look on from Firing Room Four of the Launch Control Center
as space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on Friday, July
8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis is the final
flight of the Space Shuttle Program. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, July 11, 2011,
 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden congratulates Launch Director Michael
Leinbach, facing camera, in Firing Room Four of the Launch Control
Center shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis launched on Friday, July
8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis on the STS-135
mission is
the final flight of the shuttle program. STS-135 is slated to be a
12-day mission to the International Space Station. Image Credit:
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, July 11, 2011,
 The STS-135 crew ride in the Astrovan to Launch Pad 39A to board
space shuttle Atlantis on the morning of Friday, July 8. The launch of
Atlantis on the STS-135 mission is the final flight of the Space Shuttle
Program. Clockwise from the left are: Sandra Magnus, Rex Walheim,
commander Chris
Ferguson and pilot Doug Hurley. In the back of the van in white is a
member of the closeout crew, whose members assist the astronauts with
final preparations for launch. Image Credit: NASA/Jerry Ross
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, July 11, 2011,
 This image, taken through the window of a Shuttle Training Aircraft,
shows the final liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis as it ascended from
Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on the STS-135 mission, Friday,
July 8, 2011. This is the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program,
during which the
STS-135 crew will deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module
containing supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station.
Image Credit: NASA/Dick Clark
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Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, July 11, 2011,
 This image of space shuttle Atlantis was taken shortly after the
rotating service structure was rolled back at Launch Pad 39A, Thursday,
July 7, 2011. Atlantis is set to liftoff today, Friday, July 8, on the
final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. Image Credit: NASA/Bill
Ingalls Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, July 11, 2011,
 Space shuttle Atlantis is silhouetted on the Vehicle Assembly
Building as it begins its journey from High Bay 3 in the Vehicle
Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39Aa for its final flight, Tuesday
evening, May 31, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The 3.4-mile trek, known as
rollout, took about seven hours to complete. Atlantis will carry the
Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies to the
International Space Station. The launch of space shuttle Atlan... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Monday, July 11, 2011,
 At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an adult osprey guards its
young in a nest built on a platform in the Press Site parking lot. In
the background is the 12,300-square-foot NASA logo painted on the side
of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The VAB and Press Site are
located
at the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39, making it an ideal osprey
nesting place. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge overlaps with
Kennedy Space Center property and provides a habitat for many type... Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, July 6, 2011,
 The doors to the White Room, which provide entry to space shuttle
Atlantis' crew compartment, is seen here at the end of the access arm
walkway on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Image Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann Continue reading ...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi on Wednesday, July 6, 2011,
 Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit
spacesuit, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum participated in spacewalk training
in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson
Space Center. Divers in the water assisted Fossum in his rehearsal,
which
helps prepare him and his fellow astronauts for work on the exterior of
the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA Continue reading ...
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