Kennedy Space Center Archives | Research & Innovation /research/tag/kennedy-space-center/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 91亚色 space scientists reflect on the last flight of Atlantis, the end of NASA鈥檚 space shuttle program and what the future holds /research/2011/07/21/york-space-scientists-reflect-on-the-last-flight-of-atlantis-the-end-of-nasas-space-shuttle-program-and-what-the-future-holds-2/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000 /researchdev/2011/07/21/york-space-scientists-reflect-on-the-last-flight-of-atlantis-the-end-of-nasas-space-shuttle-program-and-what-the-future-holds-2/ 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Earth & Space Science and Engineering in the Faculty of Science & Engineering has a long history聽with NASA鈥檚 shuttle program. A new video highlights significant milestones in this history and includes reflections from a number of the University鈥檚 space scientists. Here are Professor Emeritus of Space Science Gordon Shepherd, Professor of […]

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Here are Professor Emeritus of Space Science Gordon Shepherd, Professor of Space Science Ian McDade and Project Scientist Brian Solheim聽speaking about聽the space shuttle program, what it聽has meant for their research and the future.

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The space shuttle Atlantis landed this morning聽at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis lifted off July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis carried a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station.

The STS-135 astronauts flying the final mission are: commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.

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