NASA said Friday that astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound–alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure. However, no serious trouble was detected after a check. NASA said that depressurization-caution alarms sounded just after 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday, waking the shuttle and station crew. [...]
After a third day of bad weather at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the space shuttle Atlantis was redirected to the Edwards Air Force base in California and landed safely. The Edwards Air Force base was the primary space shuttle landing site during the early day of the shuttle’s program and is now the [...]
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is now docked with the Hubble telescope and after a few hour of preparation Astronauts John Grunsfeld and Drew Feustel will begin their space walks to upgrade the aging telescope. The upgrade includes replacing Hubble’s 15 year-old telescope with one that sees the universe deeper and a broken computer data device.
