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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-134 Pilot Greg H. Johnson prepares to perform touch-and-go landings aboard a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An STA is a Gulfstream II jet that is modified to mimic the shuttle's handling during the final phase of landing. Kelly and Johnson will practice landings as part of standard training before space shuttle Endeavour's launch to the International Space Station. Endeavour and its crew will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper to the station. This will be the final spaceflight for Endeavour. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3483
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-126 Commander Chris Ferguson heads across the parking apron of the Shuttle Landing Facility to the Shuttle Training Aircraft, or STA. He will practice shuttle landings in the STA, a Grumman American Aviation-built Gulf Stream II jet that was modified to simulate a shuttle’s cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. In flight, the aircraft duplicates the shuttle’s atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet to landing. The practice is part of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, which includes equipment familiarization, emergency exit procedures and a simulated launch countdown. On the STS-126 mission, space shuttle Endeavour's crew will deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station in preparation for expansion from a three- to six-person resident crew aboard the complex. The mission also will include four spacewalks to service the station’s Solar Alpha Rotary Joints. Endeavour is targeted to launch Nov. 14. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd3388
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-116 Pilot William Oelefein steps on the stairs to the shuttle training aircraft (STA) to practice landing the orbiter. The mission crew is at KSC for the terminal countdown demonstration test, which are prelaunch preparations that include a simulated launch countdown. STA practice is part of the TCDT. The STA is a Grumman American Aviation-built Gulf Stream II jet that was modified to simulate an orbiter's cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. In flight, the STA duplicates the orbiter's atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet altitude to landing on a runway. Because the orbiter is unpowered during re-entry and landing, its high-speed glide must be perfectly executed the first time. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd2520
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-111 Commander Kenneth Cockrell speaks to the media before leaving KSC along with his crew and Expedition 5. They have been taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that include emergency egress training and a simulated launch countdown. Mission STS-111 is known as Utilization Flight 2, carrying supplies and equipment in the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo to the International Space Station. The payload also includes the Mobile Base System, which will be installed on the Mobile Transporter to complete the Canadian Mobile Servicing System, or MSS, and a replacement wrist/roll joint for Canadarm 2. The mechanical arm will then have the capability to "inchworm" from the U.S. Lab Destiny to the MSS and travel along the truss to work sites. Expedition 5 will travel to the International Space Station on mission STS-111 as the replacement crew for Expedition 4, who will return to Earth aboard the orbiter. Launch is scheduled for May 30, 2002 KSC-02pd0725
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burbank checks the equipment on the head set in his launch suit. Burbank is making his second flight on a shuttle. He and other crew members are checking their launch suits and apparatus before the launch on Space Shuttle Atlantis on Aug. 27. Mission STS-115 is scheduled to lift off about 4:30 p.m. Aug. 27. The crew will deliver and install the P3/P4 segment to the port side of the integrated truss system on the International Space Station. The truss includes a new set of photovoltaic solar arrays. When unfurled to their full length of 240 feet, the arrays will provide additional power for the station in preparation for the delivery of international science modules over the next two years. The mission is expected to last 11 days and includes three scheduled spacewalks. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd1929
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly addresses the media on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. While at Kennedy, space shuttle Endeavour's crew will participate in a launch countdown dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training in preparation for the upcoming STS-134 mission. Endeavour and its six STS-134 crew members will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper and micrometeoroid debris shields to the International Space Station. This will be the final spaceflight for Endeavour. Launch is targeted for April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2516
КЕННЕДИ КОСМИЧЕСКИЙ ЦЕНТЕР, ФЛА. - Во время тренировки по экстренной эвакуации на 195-футовом уровне стационарной сервисной структуры, Launch Pad 39B, специалист миссии STS-112 Сандра Магнус открывает козырек шлема. Она и остальные члены экипажа принимают участие в испытаниях терминала обратного отсчета, которые включают в себя имитацию обратного отсчета запуска. Запуск миссии STS-112 на борту космического корабля "Шаттл" запланирован не ранее 2 октября, между 14 и 18 часами по Гринвичу. STS-112 - 15-й сборочный полет на Международную космическую станцию. Мбаппе будет нести S1 Integrated Truss Structure, первый сегмент фермы правого борта, который будет присоединен к центральному сегменту фермы, S0, и Cart A. CETA - первый из двух пилотируемых тележек, которые будут ездить по железной дороге МКС, предоставляя мобильные рабочие платформы для будущих космонавтов. KSC-pd1358
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КЕННЕДИ КОСМИЧЕСКИЙ ЦЕНТЕР, ФЛА. - Во время тренировки по экстренной эвакуации на 195-футовом уровне стационарной сервисной структуры, Launch Pad 39B, специалист миссии STS-112 Сандра Магнус открывает козырек шлема. Она и остальные члены экипажа принимают участие в испытаниях терминала обратного отсчета, которые включают в себя имитацию обратного отсчета запуска. Запуск миссии STS-112 на борту космического корабля "Шаттл" запланирован не ранее 2 октября, между 14 и 18 часами по Гринвичу. STS-112 - 15-й сборочный полет на Международную космическую станцию. Мбаппе будет нести S1 Integrated Truss Structure, первый сегмент фермы правого борта, который будет присоединен к центральному сегменту фермы, S0, и Cart A. CETA - первый из двух пилотируемых тележек, которые будут ездить по железной дороге МКС, предоставляя мобильные рабочие платформы для будущих космонавтов.
Программа "Спейс шаттл" представляла собой программу пилотируемых ракет-носителей правительства США с 1981 по 2011 год, управляемую НАСА и официально начавшуюся в 1972 году. Система "Спейс шаттл", состоящая из орбитального корабля, запускаемого с двумя многоразовыми твердотопливными ракетами-носителями и одноразовым внешним топливным баком, - доставил до восьми астронавтов и до 50 000 фунтов (23 000 кг) полезной нагрузки на низкую околоземную орбиту (НОО). Когда его миссия будет завершена, орбитальный аппарат снова войдет в атмосферу Земли и приземлится как планер. Хотя концепция была исследована с конца 1960-х годов, программа официально началась в 1972 году и была в центре внимания пилотируемых операций НАСА после последних полетов Apollo и Skylab в середине 1970-х годов. Все началось с запуска первого шаттла Columbia 12 апреля 1981 года на STS-1. и завершил свой последний полет, STS-135, которым управляла Атлантида, в июле 2011 года.
Space Shuttle Atlantis was a space shuttle that was operated by NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program. It was the fourth operational shuttle built, and the last one to be built before the program was retired in 2011. Atlantis was named after the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and it made its first flight in October 1985. Over the course of its career, Atlantis completed 33 missions and spent a total of 307 days in space. Its last mission was STS-135, which was the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Atlantis is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) was one of the four first operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Endeavour.) Atlantis was the fourth operational shuttle built. Atlantis is named after a two-masted sailing ship that operated from 1930 to 1966 for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Atlantis performed well in 25 years of service, flying 33 missions.
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