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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs from Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs from Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -  Space shuttle Endeavours STS-126 commander, Chris Ferguson, leaves the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after arriving aboard a T-38 jet trainer (behind him).  Ferguson will pilot the Shuttle Training Aircraft, or STA, to practice landing a shuttle on the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility. The STA is a Grumman American Aviation-built Gulf Stream II jet that was modified to simulate a shuttles cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. In flight, the aircraft duplicates the shuttles atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet altitude to landing on a runway. Ferguson previously served as pilot on the STS-115 mission, which flew in September 2006.  The STS-126 mission to the International Space Station is targeted to launch Nov. 16.
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NASA and Roscosmos teams arrive at the Krayniy Airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in advance of the launch of Expedition 59 crewmembers Nick Hague and Christina Koch of NASA, along with Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Monday, March 11, 2019. Hague, Koch, and Ovchinin will launch March 14, U.S. time, on the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Final Inspection Team, also known as the Ice Team, gathers before heading out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to inspect space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during the loading of more than 535,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants. During today's tanking test, the team members will pay particular attention to the external tank's ribbed intertank region and report their findings to engineers located in the Launch Control Center. Beginning tomorrow, engineers will evaluate data on 21-foot-long, U-shaped aluminum brackets, called stringers, and the newly replaced ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP).Discovery's first launch attempt for STS-133 was scrubbed in early November due to a hydrogen gas leak at the GUCP. In order to perform additional analysis on the tank, Discovery will be rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, a move that is planned for next week. The next launch opportunity is no earlier than
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden leads the STS-133 crew to media representatives waiting on the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to hear statements about space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight mission. The STS-133 crew returned to Earth at 11:57 a.m. on Runway 15, completing a 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station.STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Launch Director Robert Sieck (left) and Center Director Forrest McCartney pose before the orbiter Atlantis following the first end-of-mission Shuttle landing at KSC in more than five years. Atlantis touched down on Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 33 at 4 43 p.m. EST, completing a five-day mission.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the space shuttle Atlantis pauses during its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy visitor complex for a ceremony to commemorate its transfer. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and Kennedy Director Bob Cabana hold the just-signed document transferring title of Atlantis from the agency to Kennedy Space Center. Participating in the ceremony, from left, are Chris Ferguson, who commanded Atlantis' final mission, Bolden, Cabana, Karol Bobko, commander of Atlantis' first mission, and Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts Chief Operating Officer Bill Moore.As part of transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program, Atlantis is to be displayed at Kennedy's visitor complex beginning in the summer of 2013. Over the course of its 26-year career, Atlantis traveled 125,935,769 miles during 307 days in space over 33 missions.
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President Bush and the Big Three automakers take part in a photo-op with alternative fuel vehicles at the White House
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Kennedy Director Bob Cabana, right, congratulates STS-131 Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. on his successful mission following the landing of space shuttle Discovery. Discovery landed on Runway 33 after 15 days in space, completing the more than 6.2-million-mile STS-131 mission on orbit 238. Main gear touchdown was at 9 08 35 a.m. EDT followed by nose gear touchdown at 9 08 47 a.m. and wheelstop at 9 09 33 a.m. The seven-member STS-131 crew carried the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that were transferred to the International Space Station's laboratories. The crew also switched out a gyroscope on the stations truss, installed a spare ammonia storage tank and retrieved a Japanese experiment from the stations exterior. STS-131 is the 33rd shuttle mission to the station and the 131st shuttle mission overall.
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