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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, overhead cranes are lowered toward the orbiter Columbia. The cranes will lift the orbiter to a vertical position for stacking with the external tank and solid rocket boosters. Columbia is scheduled to be launched Feb. 28 on mission STS-109, a Hubble Servicing Mission. The goal of the mission is to service the HST, replacing Solar Array 2 with Solar Array 3, replacing the Power Control Unit, removing the Faint Object Camera and installing the ACS, installing the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System, and installing New Outer Blanket Layer insulation KSC-02pd0024
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload transportation canister containing the International Space Station's Node 3, named Tranquility, has been rotated into a vertical position for its move to Launch Pad 39A. The primary payload for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 mission, Tranquility is a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the space station's life support systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a cupola, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. The cupola resembles a circular bay window and will provide a vastly improved view of the station's exterior. The multi-directional view will allow the crew to monitor spacewalks and docking operations, as well as provide a spectacular view of Earth and other celestial objects. The module was built in Turin, Italy, by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency. Launch of STS-130 is targeted for Feb. 7. For information on the STS-130 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2010-1239
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Zusammenfassung
In der Multi-Payload Processing Facility befindet sich die Pegasus XL-Trägerrakete in Position für die Paarung des Satelliten Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). Die GALEX, die am 2. April von der Luftwaffenstation Cape Canaveral starten soll, wird ein Teleskop ins All befördern, das eine Million Galaxien über 10 Milliarden Jahre kosmischer Geschichte beobachten wird, um Astronomen bei der Bestimmung zu helfen, wann die Sterne und Elemente, die wir heute sehen, ihren Ursprung hatten. Die Raumsonde wird 28 Monate lang den Himmel mit modernsten UV-Detektoren überfliegen, um Galaxien ausfindig zu machen, die von jungen, heißen, kurzlebigen Sternen dominiert werden, die bei dieser Wellenlänge eine Menge Energie abgeben. Diese Galaxien erschaffen aktiv Sterne und bieten daher ein Fenster in die Geschichte und die Ursachen der Sternentstehung in Galaxien.
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