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    09.08.08 - FASTRACK: A new space experiment rack under development by NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Space Florida, dubbed FASTRACK, will undergo initial tests this week.
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    08.29.08 - IBEX: Launch of NASA's IBEX mission to discover the global interaction between the solar wind and the interstellar medium is targeted for Oct. 5 from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
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    09.11.08 - STS-125: Space shuttle Endeavour rolled from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building, as processing continues to ready it to support shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission should a rescue become necessary. Atlantis is at the pad awaiting liftoff to the Hubble Space Telescope on Oct. 10.
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Heavy Lifting

The space shuttle Atlantis is lifted inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.

Lifting the space shuttle requires calm precision.

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What Goes Up, Must Come Down

Ares parachute lead engineer Dave Hillebrandt

NASA won't send anything into space that needs to return -- without a parachute.

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Communication From Space Inspires Young Minds

NASA astronaut Bill McArthur

Amateur radio on the International Space Station brings technology, science and inspiration into the classroom.

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