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NASA to say goodbye to the shuttle in 2010

Cape Canaveral, USA - After 29 years of aerospace missions

NASA has yesterday announced as from September, 2010, the Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour shuttles will break their space activities. Next missions are scheduled in 2015, when rocket Ares and the space capsule Orion will get into the International Space-Station. The 3 shuttles are going to retire after 29 years' honourable service: Endeaviour will do the last historic drop in 2010, May, 31th...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1092120
Rome, Italy, 07/09/2008 15:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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