Hatches between space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station were opened at 1:28 p.m. EST,…
Category: NASA
NASA
Atlantis Docked to Station
At 11:51 a.m. EST, Commander Charlie Hobaugh backed space shuttle Atlantis into pressurized mating adapter #2…
Atlantis Arrives at Station
Space shuttle Atlantis docked with the station at 11:51 a.m. EST. After a series of leak…
Atlantis Given the “Go” for Docking
Atlantis and the STS-129 crew were given the “go” for docking and are still on track…
Atlantis Completes Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
Space shuttle Atlantis completed the nine-minute R-Bar pitch maneuver, also known as the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver.
Atlantis Begins Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver
At 10:52 a.m. EST, space shuttle Atlantis began the nine-minute R-Bar pitch maneuver, also known as…
Commander Performs Terminal Initiation Burn
Commander Charles Hobaugh and the crew of Atlantis performed the Terminal Initiation burn at 9:05 a.m.…
Atlantis Headed for Station Docking
The crew of space shuttle Atlantis awoke at 4:28 a.m. EST to the song "Higher Ground"…
STS-129 MCC Status Report #04
The International Space Station is just a few hours away from receiving a shipment of spares…
NASA Provides Venerable Hubble Hardware to Smithsonian
Two key instruments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have a new home in the Smithsonian's National…