Week In Space

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It’s been a given that the retirement of the space shuttle would lead to mass layoffs at NASA and its contractors. Job cuts are now beginnning to hit the aerospace workforce, primarily because of the budgets for Fiscal Year 2010, which begin the process of shuttle-to-Constellation transition. Making matters worse, United Launch Alliance […]

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 In the news this week, the first European Automated Transfer Vehicle, Jules Verne, docked with the International Space Station last thursday. The cargo ship carried over 7500 pounds of supplies fro the Expedition 16 and 17 crews. Also, NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is entering final testing and preparation for launch […]

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This week we take a look at the next shuttle mission. Endeavour is scheduled to launch on STS-123 March 11 on a flight to the International Space Station. This is one of the most exciting and complex shuttle flights to date. Endeavour will deliver the first module of the the Japan Aerospace […]