STS-128 mission coverage


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Atlantis lands in Florida
Posted: Fri, Nov 27 12:30 PM ET (1730 GMT)
STS-129: landing (NASA/KSC) The space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida Friday morning, bring the STS-129 mission to the ISS to a successful end. Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:44 am EST (1444 GMT), on the first of two landing opportunities at the spaceport. The landing ended an 11-day mission that ferried nearly 15 tons of supplies to the ISS and returned with ISS crewmember Nicole Stott, who spent three months on the station. There are five remaining shuttle missions on the current manifest; Atlantis is scheduled to fly once more, next May.


Shuttle undocks from ISS
Posted: Wed, Nov 25 5:54 PM ET (2254 GMT)
STS-129: shuttle after undocking (NASA) The shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday morning as it prepares to return to Earth on Friday. Atlantis undocked from the ISS at 4:53 am EST (0953 GMT) Wednesday and departed the vicinity of the station after doing an inspection loop around the station. The shuttle departed after completing its mission at the ISS, transferring supplies to the station and performing three spacewalks. Atlantis is also returning with astronaut Nicole Stott, who spent three months on the ISS. Atlantis is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, with landing opportunities at 9:44 and 11:19 am EST (1444 and 1619 GMT).


Astronauts perform final STS-129 EVA
Posted: Tue, Nov 24 5:18 AM ET (1018 GMT)
Two astronauts breezed through the third and final spacewalk of the STS-129 shuttle mission to the ISS on Monday. Randy Bresnik and Robert Satcher...


Astronauts complete second STS-129 EVA
Posted: Sun, Nov 22 10:52 AM ET (1552 GMT)
Two astronauts completed the second of three planned spacewalks of the STS-129 shuttle mission to the ISS on Saturday, again working ahead of schedule....


STS-129 astronauts complete first spacewalk
Posted: Fri, Nov 20 5:58 AM ET (1058 GMT)
Two shuttle astronauts carried out the first spacewalk of the STS-129 mission on Thursday, working ahead of schedule and performing additional work. Astronauts Mike...





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Saturday, December 19
IFA Review reveals solid performance of STS-129 SRBs and Main Engines
NasaSpaceFlight.com — 7:49 am ET (1249 GMT)

Sunday, December 13

Tuesday, December 8
NRL's MISSE7 Launched Aboard STS-129
NRL — 12:52 am ET (0552 GMT)

Saturday, December 5
Foam loss low on last mission
Huntsville Times — 6:45 am ET (1145 GMT)

Friday, December 4
Amador County local 'twitters' from NASA space shuttle launch
Amador (CA) Ledger Dispatch — 7:08 pm ET (0008 GMT)

Saturday, November 28
Back down to Earth after three months!
Manx Radio — 6:04 am ET (1104 GMT)
A 'picture-perfect' return for Atlantis
Florida Today — 5:36 am ET (1036 GMT)




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