SHUTTLE CREW TO PREPARE FOR THURSDAY LANDING - Landing preparations are the focus of the STS-117 crew today. Atlantis is scheduled to touch down Thursday at 1:55 p.m. EDT at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. More (Source: NASA - Jun 20)
ARIANESPACE TO LAUNCH AN ARABSAT 5 SATELLITE - Arabsat chooses Arianespace to launch one of its fifth-generation satellites. The satellite will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 ECA from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Launch is slated at earliest in 2009. More (Source: Spaceref.com - Jun 20)
ATLANTIS LEAVES STATION, BEGINS JOURNEY HOME - The STS-117 crew members ended their stay at the International Space Station Tuesday when they undocked Space Shuttle Atlantis at 10:42 a.m. EDT. Attention now turns to landing, scheduled for 1:54 p.m. Thursday. More (Source: NASA - Jun 20)
ATLANTIS UNDOCKS FROM SPACE STATION - STS-117's constructive stay at the International Space Station came to a close today when space shuttle Atlantis undocked. The two spacecraft parted ways at 10:42 a.m. EDT as they flew over the Coral Sea northeast of Australia. More (Source: NASA - Jun 19)
ATLANTIS TO UNDOCK, BEGIN TRIP HOME - Space Shuttle Atlantis's 10-day stay at the International Space Station will come to an end today when it undocks at 10:42 a.m. EDT. The STS-117 crew said farewell to the Expedition 15 crew Monday before the hatches closed at 6:51 p.m. EDT, wrapping up joint operations. More (Source: NASA - Jun 19)
ATLANTIS DEPARTURE DATE DEPENDS ON COMPUTER TEST - Russian flight controllers will fire thrusters today to test the operation of the navigation computers that went offline last week. If the flight controllers and mission managers like what they see, space shuttle Atlantis and the STS-117 crew will undock from the International Space Station and begin the journey home on Tuesday. The test is set for 10:28 a.m. EDT. More (Source: NASA - Jun 18)
STS-117 ASTRONAUTS CONCLUDE FOURTH SPACEWALK - STS-117's final spacewalk came to an end Sunday at 6:54 p.m. EDT. During the 6-hour, 29-minute orbital stroll, Mission Specialists Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson performed tasks to activate the International Space Station's new truss segment and completed work that will help future spacewalkers. More (Source: NASA - Jun 18)
PROGRESS SEEN AT SPACE STATION - Russian cosmonauts made progress yesterday in restoring service on their essential computers on the international space station, using a jumper cable to bypass a malfunctioning power switch. More (Source: Washington Post - Jun 16)
JAXA SETS LAUNCH DATE FOR SELENE SATELLITE - The Selonological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE) satellite, also known as Kayuga, is scheduled to be launched aboard an H-2A booster on Aug. 16 (Aug. 15, 8:30:48 p.m. EST) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center, according to a June 13 announcement by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). More (Source: SatelliteToday.com - Jun 16)
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