Astronauts onboard STS-115 wrapped up inspections of the
orbiter's heat shield early Wednesday morning. And the verdict?
Atlantis is cleared to land at Florida's Kennedy Space Center
Thursday morning at 6:21 am EDT.
NASA reports Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and
Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin entered their new home, the
International Space Station, at 4:34 am EDT Wednesday morning.
Rockwell Collins told ANN this week the company has launched its
Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) capable GPS-4000S. The new
capability will be available in early 2007 -- and will give pilots
the ability to use GPS as a primary means of navigation.