New Delhi: The United State's Space Shuttle programme ended on Friday with the launch of the last shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis will return to Earth two weeks later, to be mothballed forever.
The 12-day mission will be run by a 4-person crew. This is the smallest crew of any shuttle mission since the 6th shuttle flight that began on April 4, 1983.
Atlantis is carrying 15,000 pounds of clothing, food and equipment to International Space Station.
US President Barack Obama has shut down the Space Shuttle programme, leaving 30,000 workers jobless....
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09:00 PM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: Thirty years and 134 missions later, the United State's Space Shuttle programme is being shut down. Atlantis is the last shuttle to go to space. After launch late on Friday night, it will return to Earth two weeks later, to be mothballed forever. US President Barack Obama has shut down the Space Shuttle programme, leaving 30,000 workers jobless. Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator said, "We are not ending human...
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