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快播视频\u2019s Department of Earth & Space Science and Engineering in the Faculty of Science & Engineering has a long history\u00a0with NASA\u2019s shuttle program. A new video highlights significant milestones in this history and includes reflections from a number of the University\u2019s space scientists.<\/p>\n

Here are Professor Emeritus of Space Science Gordon Shepherd, Professor of Space Science Ian McDade and Project Scientist Brian Solheim\u00a0speaking about\u00a0the space shuttle program, what it\u00a0has meant for their research and the future.<\/p>\n

The space shuttle Atlantis landed this morning\u00a0at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis lifted off July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis carried a crew of four and the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module containing supplies and spare parts for the space station.<\/p>\n

The STS-135 astronauts flying the final mission are: commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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