Space shuttle scheduled to land on Thursday
Published: 19 June, 2007, 02:39
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station and the crew of the visiting space shuttle Atlantis said goodbye on Monday as they closed the hatch between the two ships in preparation for the shuttle's departure.
NASA specialists said successful testing of computers aboard the ISS made it possible for the astronauts to return home.
Last week the crash of the station's primary computer network raised concerns that the half-finished one hundred billion dollar outpost would have to be temporarily abandoned.
Atlantis is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Centre on Thursday this week.
19.06.2007, 01:49
Five-day international navy training underwayA five-day international navy exercise has kicked off at the Norfolk Naval base in Virginia. The multilateral training is dubbed FRUKUS after the four participating countries, France, Russia, the UK and the U.S. |
19.06.2007, 03:04
Jews protest against work permit for former Nazi captainA convicted Nazi war criminal was greeted by about 100 enraged Italian Jews when he arrived for his first day of work at a new job in Rome. A military tribunal recently gave former SS captain Erich Priebke permission to work at the offices of his lawyer. |
