Atlantis back on the Earth. by Milota Sidorova

Wednesday May 26th 2010, 8:58 a.m. EDT space shuttle Atlantis touched the ground of Kennedy Space Center and forwarded dismission of space-shuttle program. Although they were flying there and back for over decades this year seems to be the last one.Space shuttles proved to be insufficient if taken from cost and safety perspective. Atlantis is over and waits for Discovery and Endeavour that are scheduled to their final missions in September and November.Atlantis spent 12 days in space and carried Russian docking laboratory, supplies and the crew to the International Space Station a project of 16 nations constructed for 12 years. The crew installed the laboratory, six huge ba! tteries for the station solar system, a spare communication antenna and a work platform.Atlantis is processed to become the permanent exposition of a museum, but until the final flight it will be ready to support landing space shuttles decending from the atmosphere. So far, Nasa has considered the proper museum for space shuttles and so far, the name of Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has been known.Endeavour will carry $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector in November. Descending Endeavour also means the dismission of more than 1,000 jobs required in space shuttle program. Florida that has become known because of it will face the drop in toursim activities. Along with the oil catastrophe coming from the Muexican Gulf, the consequences may be serious.Nasa is also solving a matter of a follow-on program to develop rockets and capsules that should serve for returning U.S. astronauts to the moon. So far, president Barack Obama stopped this proposal and sugg! ested the agenture should focus on travels farther from Earth.!

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