STS-129 MCC Status Report #20

The seven-member crew of Atlantis is packing the orbiter and preparing to return home, wrapping up…

STS-129 MCC Status Report #21

Atlantis crew members spent part of Thanksgiving Day preparing for their scheduled Friday landing.

Flight Controllers Develop Workaround to Bypass Suspect Filter

A routine disposal overboard of waste water and urine collected aboard Atlantis was terminated early. It…

Waste Water Dump Nozzle Not Concern for Friday Landing

Shuttle astronauts used the camera on the Orbiter Boom Sensor System to survey the condition of…

Waste Water Dump Flow Reduction Not Expected to be Issue

During a purge of the space shuttle waste water tank Wednesday morning, Mission Control noticed a…

Orbiter Boom Sensor System Uncradled

Space shuttle Atlantis' crew uncradled the 50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System, or OBSS, from the payload…

Atlantis Separates from International Space Station

After completing a full circle around the International Space Station, space shuttle Atlantis fired its thrusters…

Atlantis Ends Stay at Station

Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew has left the International Space Station. Undocking occurred at…

Atlantis Crew Working Towards Undocking

Today’s wake up music was “Amazing Grace” from the 1995 movie “Braveheart,” performed by Eric Rigler…

STS-129 MCC Status Report #19

Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station at 3:53 a.m. CST Wednesday, ending a successful resupply…