12 Day Mission Ended With KSC Landing Wednesday Morning
Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey
of more than 4.8 million miles with an 0848 EDT landing Wednesday
at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Honeywell Scholarship Program Provides Effective Teaching
Techniques For Science And Math
Teachers from 17 countries and 44 states have been selected to
attend the "Honeywell Educators @ Space Academy" program at the
U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, June 11-23.
The event is one element of the company's math and science
education initiative.
Phoenix Mars Lander Does Not Phone Home, New Image Shows
Damage
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has ended operations after repeated
attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful. A new image
transmitted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows signs
of severe ice damage to the lander's solar panels.
Patent Filed For "Total Ion Control" Mass Spectrometry
Device
Future Mars rovers could have smaller, cheaper and more
sensitive life-detecting instruments, thanks to a new invention
unveiled by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho
National Laboratory (INL).
Atlantis astronauts stowed spacesuits, wrapped up the standard
late inspection of the shuttle's thermal protection system ahead of
schedule and enjoyed some time off Monday. Landing at Kennedy
Space Center is scheduled for 0748 Wednesday.
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