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The space shuttle Atlantis is back home in Florida. The shuttle completed the trip from California on Tuesday anchored to the top of a Boeing 747.
- As NASA prepares for its final service call to the Hubble Space Telescope, it's also preparing for something never attempted in the history of the shuttle program: a rescue operation so dramatic that Hollywood would be hard-pressed to come up with a more outlandish plot.
Dubai developers threw a $20 million party Thursday complete with Hollywood celebrities Robert DeNiro and Charlize Theron and fireworks that lit up the evening sky.
The Atlantis resort in the Bahamas said Wednesday it has laid off roughly 800 employees, blaming low occupancy rates as the global economic crisis curbs tourists' appetites for exotic getaways.
Touchdown occurred at 0621 EDT and was the 21st night landing for a space shuttle
Shuttle astronauts could stay in space until Saturday if necessary (Image: NASA TV)
Atlantis's pilot, Christopher J Ferguson, floats on the flight deck on Sunday, the first day in space for the STS-115 crew (Image: NASA)
The shuttle Atlantis may launch on Friday, if NASA determines that an electrical short on one of its fuel cells will not endanger the mission (Image: NASA)
Ancient Eruption May Have Hit Mediterranean Societies With TsunamisThe massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that raced across hundreds of miles of the Eastern Mediterranean to inundate the area that is now Israel and probably other coastal sites, a team of scientists has found.
I have been excited for a long time now to see the first episode of Stargate Universe, the 3rd installment to the Stargate franchise. Being a huge SG1 and Atlantis fan I was happy to hear Stargate was going to live on in another series.
Could Sardinia have been Atlantis?Top scholars have gathered in Rome recently to discuss the exciting and controversial idea that Sardinia is the lost island of Atlantis. The theory, developed in a book by the Italian journalist Sergio Frau, has drawn international acclaim but also fuelled heated criticism.
OMG! Did Google Earth find Atlantis?Google is officially denying widespread Internet rumors that its Google Earth software located the mythical sunken city of Atlantis off the coast of Africa. Either that, or Google is totally trying to hide something.
Stubbornly Lodged Knob Could Ground Space Shuttle AtlantisMeetings have been taking place on Wednesday into evaluating damage to the pressure pane on Atlantis' number 5 window, after a work light knob was observed to be embedded between the pane and the dashboard panel.
When you listen to Coast to Coast AM, a Premier Radio Network program hosted by George Noory, there's no telling what you're going to hear. One night it could be about a US government program where grown men stare at goats until they killed them.
Space Shuttle Atlantis caught in silhouette against the SunA dramatic photograph released by Nasa has also captured Atlantis en route to Hubble, in silhouette against the Sun. The image was taken from the ground on Tuesday using a telescope with a solar filter.
Exploration of the Bimini Underwater Rectangles Yields Stunning FindsGreg and I have just returned from our most recent expedition to Bimini in the Bahamas where we were filmed by the History Channel for a show about the search for Atlantis (tentatively scheduled to air in August 2009).
Photo of Sun Shows Atlantis Take a close look at the image of the sun provided by NASA
Astronauts uncover long line of nicks on shuttleThe Atlantis astronauts have uncovered a long stretch of nicks on their space shuttle, the result of launch debris.
Endeavour Moves To Launch Pad For Possible Rescue MissionKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - For what is expected to be the last time in shuttle history, two space shuttles are on two launch pads at the same time as NASA gets ready to launch the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Google Explains Watery Mystery of �Atlantis� - Bits Blog - NYTimes.comAtlantis explained -- or the coverup continues, depending on your level of paranoia. (Personally, I think that Google Earth has discovered a square crop circle under the sea, but that's just me).
Google's Atlantis Discovery ExplainedGoogle has taken to its official blog to further explain why those funny markings found off the coast of Africa are not the lost city of Atlantis.
Caroline McCarthy reported recently on CNET News that Google Earth has discovered Atlantis.
Google Earth Did Not Spot Atlantis. At Least This TimeGoogle Earth may be capable of finding a lot of things, but Atlantis in not one of them, at least not this time.
Google discovers Atlantis!The enigmatic lines were found under the sea off the north-western coast of Africa. This location is awfully close to one of the spots Plato, Legendary Smart Dude, had pinpointed as a possible resting place of Atlantis.
'Atlantis' was blip on Google EarthHopes that the lost city of Atlantis had been found on Google Earth have been shattered.
OMG! Did Google Earth find Atlantis?Google is officially denying widespread Internet rumors that its Google Earth software located the mythical sunken city of Atlantis off the coast of Africa.
Hopes dashed as Google Ocean image of lost city of Atlantis proves to be nothing of the sortThis latest version of Google Earth lets people plunge beneath the sea, swim around underwater volcanoes, hover above shipwrecks and navigate mountains on the sea bed.
Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa?A "grid of streets" on the seabed at one of the proposed locations of the lost city of Atlantis has been spotted on Google Ocean.
The legend of the glory and the sinking of the fabled continent or island of Atlantis has haunted the corridors of human history ever since the time of Plato (and if it did exist, then it has haunted us since about 10,000 BC).
Shark Commits Suicide on WaterslideThere's nothing quite like taking a cool trip down the water slide at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas, plunging into the refreshing pool at the end, and ... HOLY CRAP!! THAT'S A SHARK!
The medical psychic Edgar Cayce made hundreds of readings over his lifetime, yet some of the more intriguing statements are only now being borne out by discoveries made by scientists and archaeologists.
Artist Brings Back The Lost City Of Atlantis With Used Plastic BottlesPlato in 360 BC described a city named Atlantis, whose beauty was beyond any comparison. Mythologized for its abundance of striking temples and stunning vegetation, the city was supposed to be buried under the sea following a catastrophic earthquake.
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