The STS-129 mission will focus on storing spare hardware on the exterior of the space station. The flight will include three spacewalks and install two platforms on the station’s truss, or backbone. The platforms will hold spare parts to sustain station operations after the shuttle fleet is retired.
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Demanding Accountability for GM Loans
October 29, 2009
Yesterday, Congressman Culberson and 20 Republican colleagues sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to provide a full accounting of the taxpayer loans to General Motors. The Obama Administration’s $49.5…
NASA’s Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Test Launch
October 28, 2009
NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly-modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket’s booster stage nearly 150 miles down range.
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NASA’s Next Generation Launch Vehicle at Pad
October 20, 2009
For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad atop of a giant crawler-transporter at approximately 7:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday.
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Experience the Moon Landing
July 15, 2009
NASA will provide a unique audio “time capsule” in observance of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon. Audio from the entire Apollo 11 mission will be replayed and streamed on the Internet at exactly the same time and date it was broadcast in 1969.





