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Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Final Launch Today

April 29, 2011
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Makes Final Launch Today

Update: Endeavour’s launch has been postponed for at least 48 hours due to “an issue with Auxiliary Power Unit 1 heaters.” NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour makes its final launch today at 3:47 p.m. Commander Mark Kelly and his crew bring with them the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, as well as spare parts needed at the...
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Vote for the Last Astronaut Wakeup Song

March 31, 2011
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Vote for the Last Astronaut Wakeup Song

On Nov. 13, 1981, the crew of space shuttle mission STS-2 awoke to the Muppets’ “Pigs in Space” comedy routine No. 1. On Nov. 18, 1995, it was “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”—”performed as a drill team chant cadence”—for the crew of mission STS-74. And now, for mission STS-134, space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight? It’s...
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