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Tuesday 12 July 2011

Is space shuttle Atlantis in NASA get damaged ???


                                    NASA is closely tracking a piece of space junk that might come in the path with the US space shuttle Atlantis, which has just docked on its final mission to the International Space Station.
The object will make its closest approach tomorrow - right in the middle of a planned spacewalk. News of the space junk came soon after Sunday's docking by Atlantis to the International Space Station. Atlantis is making the last shuttle flight.
                                 
                                    Mission management team leader LeRoy Cain said the size of the space junk is unknown. The object might stay at a safe distance but experts won't know until today. If necessary, Atlantis' thrusters will move the linked craft.
                                  
                                    Less than two weeks ago, space station astronauts had to take shelter in their lifeboats because of a piece of junk. It missed by 1,100 feet, the closest encounter yet.

                                    “We will work through our normal procedures and processes for dealing with that,” said LeRoy Cain, chair of Atlantis' mission management team.

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