Two astronauts will venture outside their spacecraft today in the first of three planned spacewalks for…
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Crews Working Together, Preparing for First Spacewalk
Three station crew members took 398 photographs of space shuttle Atlantis' heat shield on Sunday. The…
Hatches Open, Crews Begin Joint Operations
Hatches between space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station were opened at 12:18 p.m. EDT.…
Atlantis Docks with International Space Station
At 10:28 a.m. EDT, Commander Ken Ham backed space shuttle Atlantis into pressurized mating adapter #2…
Atlantis Performs Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
At 9:27 a.m. EDT, space shuttle Atlantis began the nine-minute rendezvous pitch maneuver, or “backflip.” With…
Atlantis on Track for Docking
Commander Ken Ham and the crew of Atlantis performed the Terminal Initiation burn at 7:40 a.m.…
Docking Day for Atlantis Crew
The crew of space shuttle Atlantis awoke at 3:20 a.m. EDT to the song “Sweet Home…
STS-132 MCC Status Report #04
Atlantis astronauts prepare to dock with the International Space Station today.
STS-132 MCC Status Report #05
Atlantis docked with the International Space Station at 9:28 a.m. Sunday about 220 miles above the…
No Debris Avoidance Maneuver Needed, Crew Prepares for Docking
Managers in Mission Control decided there is no need for the International Space Station to perform…