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Atlantis Returns From Mission; Endeavour Prepares for Launch

Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Featured on Episode 21 of the 2007-2008 season

 

The Space Shuttle Atlantis came home Wednesday from the International Space Station, after installing Columbus - Europe's $2 billion contribution to the ISS. The 23 foot long tube is attached to the station, and holds special experiments, letting scientists research what happens to things in zero gravity. Coming home on Alantis is US astronaut Daniel Tani, who spent four months in space instead of two, after Atlantis' December mission was scrubbed. As Atlantis headed home, the Space Shuttle Endeavour made the slow trip to the launch pad this week. Endeavour is scheduled to liftoff to the space station on March 11th, and will deliver the pressurized section of the Kibo Japanese experiment module to the ISS, the 25th mission to the space station.

Additional Information

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/jem.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/atlantis-info.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

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