Seven further flights to the platform remain planned before the shuttles retire in 2010.
Two other shuttles -- Challenger and Columbia -- were destroyed in accidents that killed all aboard.
Two shuttles are on the launch pads being prepared for trips to the international space station.
The punch cards, like the shuttles, are made by only one person in the whole country.
Carmen is an actress, director and writer, who shuttles between Paris and New York.
Our marvelous Space Shuttles will be relegated to the ignominious status of dormant hanger queens.
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The shuttles Discovery, Columbia and Endeavour are in their hangars -- known as Orbital Processing Facilities.
So we'll once again see two Space Shuttles staged for liftoff for the last time.
Shuttles will transport them to its long-standing address at Infinite Loop, home to another 2, 800.
Discovery -- the most traveled of the shuttles -- is replacing Enterprise in the Smithsonian facility.
Ms. Dodge also teaches a chiengora workshop at the Boulder yarn shop Shuttles, Spindles and Skeins.
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But, high-end luxury shuttles only account for a tiny fraction of the car service market.
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When the day came to a close, we piled into airport shuttles to head back home.
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The other two shuttles in the NASA program, Challenger and Columbia, were destroyed in flight.
We've seen a lot of strange and wonderful things -- robots and space shuttles and ghost hunts.
The reason: cavernous as it may be, the Vehicle Assembly Building can only shelter two stacked shuttles.
Shuttles often are rained on while sitting on the launch pad in Florida, but waterproofing protects the tiles.
He will visit the port, the embarkation platforms for heavy goods vehicles travelling on the Eurotunnel freight shuttles.
Now there's talk Intel may buy the portion of Infineon's chip business that shuttles signals onto wireless networks.
Only those launching space shuttles or maybe performing brain surgery need that sort of precision, especially when waking up.
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Atlanta-based Airport Target Media, whose ads appear on shuttles at 42 airports, is now displaying them via TVs.
America knowingly signed on for the spaceflight "gap, " which opened after space shuttles flew their final missions this year.
The airport is used by the American space agency Nasa as a contingency landing place for its space shuttles.
The Enterprise and three other shuttles in NASA's fleet were sought by several cities as potent symbols and tourist draws.
Even when the shuttles flew routinely, a cross-country lift wasn't always needed.
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It means that we can build airplanes and fetal monitoring systems and space shuttles to tolerances and levels of reliability heretofore thought impossible.
In fact, the day trip can feel like stepping back in time as the steam engine shuttles passengers in coaches dating from 1922.
Meanwhile, our venerable Space Shuttles have been relegated to the ignoble status of tourist attractions, and our astronauts hitch rides on Russian rockets.
Safety is essential to any transportation system whether on land, sea or air, and space shuttles are a vivid example of that axiom.
These include game ticket, VIP parking or shuttles, express security entrances and the ultra-luxurious hospitality lounge, plus amenities such as programs and mementos.
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