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After 30 years and more than 100 missions launching observatories and building the space station, the shuttle's mission is complete.

Boeing Completes First Integrated Capability Milestone

09.14.12 - The Boeing Company recently completed a review of its CST-100 spacecraft, integrated launch vehicle and operational plans as its first performance milestone for NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative.
Student Biology Investigations Streamed From Station

09.10.12 - Students win an opportunity to do research in the International Space Station laboratory's microgravity environment while attending high school.
Williams, Hoshide Complete MBSU Installation

09.06.12 - Flight Engineers Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide completed their second spacewalk in less than a week at 1:34 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 5.
Atlantis' New Home Tops Out

09.05.12 - Workers placed a steel beam in place at the highest point of the exhibit hall being built for space shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center.
Astronauts Complete Second Expedition 32 Spacewalk

08.30.12 - Flight Engineers Suni Williams and Aki Hoshide completed the second spacewalk of the Expedition 32 mission at 4:33 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 30.

NASA Offers Opportunity to Use Communications Testbed on Space Station

09.13.12 - NASA is announcing opportunities for academia, industry and government agencies to develop and carry out research and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station using the newly installed Space Communications and Navigation (SCAN) testbed.
NASA Requests Proposals for Initial Contracts to Certify Commercial Crew Transportation Systems

09.12.12 - NASA on Wednesday released a request for proposals for the first of two contract phases to certify commercially developed space systems in support of crewed missions to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Endeavour To Make Historic Final Ferry Flight

09.07.12 - Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era when it departs Monday, Sept. 17, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida headed to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).