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Jules Verne, the European robot freighter, detached from the ISS at 9:29 p.m. GMT Friday, having delivered 7.5 tons of equipment, water and air to the ISS crew on its maiden flight in April. It has been used as a temporary leisure center and sleeping area over the past five months. Its engines will use some of the remaining fuel to park the spacecraft in a new orbit over the next three weeks. Its programmed destruction will take place at night so that scientists can study how large objects behave when they de-orbit. NASA is deploying two aircraft laden with radar, ultra-violet and other sensors to monitor the burn-up. (Image Credit: NASA)
The European deep space probe Rosetta successfully completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth, but its high resolution camera stopped shortly before the closest pass. The probe caught up with the Steins asteroid, also known as Asteroid 2867, just after 8:45 p.m. GMT Friday in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and came within 500 miles of the asteroid. Only a few asteroids have been observed up close, and have been shown to be very different in shape and size. The Rosetta data should help researchers understand better how our local space environment has evolved over time. (Image Credit: ESA)
Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at Launch Pad 39A on Thursday at 3:52 p.m. EDT following its slow roll-out from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Space shuttle Atlantis' crew members visited Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday to familiarize themselves with some of the equipment they'll use during their mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Next week, the astronauts will continue their training activities at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Atlantis is targeted to launch 10 October on mission STS-125. (Image Credit: NASA)
Lockheed Martin's short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B Joint Strike Fighter has opened doors associated with the lift system for the first time in flight. The aircraft recently resumed flight testing after a four-week break to troubleshoot a problem. Lockheed plans another short break in flight testing to load a software update. The F-35B then will open all the lift system doors in flight. Subsequently, the aircraft will be grounded for several months. The aircraft is to begin STOVL test flights early next year after installation of a redesigned engine. (Image Credit: Lockheed Martin)
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