August 10, 2011
 The Juno spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch
Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday,
Aug. 5, 2011. Juno will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to
Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origins and
evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and
gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its
powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Image Credit:
NASA/Bill Ingalls
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August 10, 2011
 On Sunday, July 31, 2011, when Expedition 28 astronaut Ron Garan aboard
the International Space Station looked out his window, this is what he
saw: the moon. And, he saw it 16 times. Said Garan, "We had simultaneous
sunsets and moonsets." For Garan and
the rest of the station crew, this extraordinary event is a daily
occurrence. Since the station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, each
day the crew experiences this about 16 times a day. Image Credit: NASA Continue reading...
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August 10, 2011
 Our ability to fly at supersonic speeds over land in civil aircraft
depends on our ability to reduce the level of sonic booms. NASA has been
exploring a variety of options for quieting the boom, starting with
design concepts and moving through wind tunnel tests to flight
tests of new technologies. This rendering of a possible future civil
supersonic transport shows a vehicle that is shaped to reduce the sonic
shockwave signature and also to reduce drag. Image credit: NASA/Lockheed
Martin Continue reading...
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August 2, 2011
 Apollo 15 lunar module pilot Jim Irwin loaded the lunar rover with
tools and equipment in preparation for the first lunar spacewalk at the
Hadley-Apennine landing site. The Lunar Module 'Falcon' appears on the
left in this image. The undeployed Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector lies
atop
Falcon's Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly. Apollo 15 launched 40 years
ago today on July 26, 1971, from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space
Center. Image Credit: NASA
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:
NASA/Bill Ingalls Continue reading...
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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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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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