“亞特蘭蒂斯”號圓滿完成維修任務(wù)安全著陸
美國西部時間24日8時39分，“亞特蘭蒂斯”號航天飛機載著7名宇航員安全降落在加利福尼亞州愛德華茲空軍基地，圓滿完成了對哈勃太空望遠鏡最后一次維護的飛行任務(wù)。
這是“亞特蘭蒂斯”號航天飛機第126次太空飛行，它原定于22日在佛羅里達州肯尼迪航天中心降落，但由于天氣原因，降落被連續(xù)兩次推遲，最終確定于24日在加州愛德華茲空軍基地降落。盡管航天飛機成功降落，但美國航天局將要多花費200萬美元將航天飛機從愛德華茲空軍基地運回肯尼迪航天中心。
President Obama marked Memorial Day weekend with the promise to America's fighting men and women, it came during his weekly address.
"That's why I will send our service men and women into harm's way only when it's necessary and ensure that they have the training and equipment they need when they enter the theater of war, that's why we're building a 21st century Department of Veterans Affairs with the largest single year funding increase in 3 decades, it's a commitment that will help us provide our veterans with the support and benefits they have earned, and expand quality healthcare to a half million more veterans.” The president and his family will spend most of the Memorial Day weekend at Camp David.
President Obama says he is saddened by the death of former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, the South Korean government says he committed suicide by jumping from a hill near his home. Roh left office last year. He was being investigated in a bribery scandal.
Atlantis space shuttle will stay in orbit for at least one more day, NASA postponed the landing again today because of the bad weather at the Kennedy space center in Florida. The next opportunity tomorrow, 10: 11 AM, Eastern.
And NASA maybe get its first African-American administrator, President Obama has picked former astronaut and marine, General Charles Bolden to head the space agency. Bolden piloted 2 space shuttle missions and commended 2 others. The senate has to confirm the nomination.
News across America right now, police in Michigan say one man is dead after a seven-hour armed standoff with officers near Detroit. He was trying to serve the suspect in a vection notice when an officer was shot in the arm. And three people are recovering after a single engine plane crash-landed in a car lot outside Indianapolis yesterday, the pilot says he was trying to land at a nearby airstrip when he clipped some power lines, one person on the ground suffered a broken leg.
