Saying goodbye to the shuttles...

NEWSALERT: Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 1702 GMT
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SAYING GOODBYE TO SHUTTLES IS FUTURE'S ONLY CERTAINTY
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And then there were three. Just three flights remain for the space
shuttle, a sobering reminder of the tumultuous times surrounding America's
space program.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/100512future/

STS-132 VIDEO ARCHIVE:
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=STS-132&s=date

HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO COVERAGE:
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/hd/sts132/


ATLANTIS LAUNCH COVERAGE
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Join us for unrivaled coverage of the final scheduled launch of space
shuttle Atlantis. Get up to the minute reports in our Mission Status
Center and our live webcast hosted by Miles O'Brien gets underway at
9:30am EST (1330 GMT).

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/status.html


ARIANESPACE SETS DATE FOR NEXT LAUNCH AFTER INQUIRIES
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After a month-long review of nagging problems with the Ariane 5 rocket's
helium pressurization system, the commercial workhorse is scheduled to
return to flight May 21 with two communications satellites, Arianespace's
top executive said Wednesday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v194/100513review/


APOLLO LEGENDS QUESTION COMMERCIALIZED SPACEFLIGHT
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Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan, the last man on the moon, told
lawmakers Wednesday the Obama administration's plan to shift near-term
manned spaceflight from NASA to private industry could result in a 10-year
gap between the end of the shuttle program and the debut of reliable
commercial rockets.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1005/12hearing/


MISSION PREVIEW: ATLANTIS TO LAUNCH RUSSIAN MINI MODULE
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The shuttle Atlantis' three-spacewalk flight to the International Space
Station will install a new Russian module, a backup Ku-band dish antenna
and six massive batteries. This is our 5,300-word mission preview.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/100512preview/


RESPECTING ATLANTIS AS THE SHUTTLE FACES RETIREMENT
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Whether it was launching satellites to orbit our planet and even other
worlds, breathing new life into humanity's telescope, fostering
international relationships or building a laboratory in the sky, the space
shuttle Atlantis has been a workhorse for mankind over the past 25 years.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/100511atlantis/


DOES SHUTTLE ATLANTIS HAVE ONE EXTRA FLIGHT IN HER?
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Could space shuttle Atlantis get a reprieve from retirement and fly again
next year to truck a load of supplies to the International Space Station?

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts132/100512sts135/


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Colin James Watling
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