Un capítulo de la aventura espacial se cierra con el lanzamiento de la nave estadounidense Atlantis, con el que se pone punto y final a las misiones del transbordador. Ha pervivido durante 30 años, una historia de momentos felices y trágicos.
Tag: shuttle launch
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ESA Euronews: Addio, Space Shuttle
Si chiude un capitolo dell’epopea spaziale, con il lancio della navetta americana Atlantis che segna la fine delle missioni dello Space Shuttle. Una storia lunga trent’anni che ha conosciuto i suoi momenti di gloria e le sue tragedie.
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ESA Euronews: Letzter Flug für das Space Shuttle
Mit dem letzten Start der Weltraumfähre “Atlantis” geht zugleich ein Kapitel in der Geschichte der Weltraumfahrt zuende. Denn der 135. Space-Shuttle-Flug ist der Letzte seiner Art. Zurück liegen drei Jahrzehnte mit ihren Höhepunkten sowie mit ihren Tragödien. Mehr darüber in unserer Rubrik Space.
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“Endeavour” roars up to sky with Roberto Vittori and AMS-02
Space Shuttle “Endeavour” was launched to space at 14:56 CEST (12:56 GMT) on 16 May from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The 16-day-long STS-134 mission will deliver AMS-02, a big cosmological instrument to the Space Station and its crew includes ESA’s Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori. This is the last flight of “Endeavour”. -
Ariane 30th birthday
On 24 December 1979, Ariane made its first flight from French Guiana, marking the beginning of 30 years of success and giving Europe a guaranteed independent access to space. With Ariane, ESA could develop its own programmes in many different domains: telecommunications, Earth observation, science and exploration. Europe was the pioneer in the civil launch space market, with the creation of Arianespace, the world-leading space transportation company.