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tickercontents[1]='10/01/06: STS-126, Endeavour: NASA Assigns Crew....'
tickercontents[2]='09/05/08: Space Shuttle: NASA Alters Launch Dates for STS-125, STS-126....'
tickercontents[3]='09/15/08: Space Shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour Prepared for Launch....'
tickercontents[4]='09/19/08: Space Shuttle Endeavour Rolls Out to Launch Pad 39B....'
tickercontents[5]='09/22/08: STS-125: Atlantis Astronauts in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test....'
tickercontents[6]='09/25/08: Shuttle Launch Dates Changed; Test Completed, STS-125 Returns to Houston....'
tickercontents[7]='09/26/08: STS-125 Trains for EVA3; Atlantis: Payload Installed on Launch Pad....'
tickercontents[8]='09/30/08: STS-125, Atlantis: NASA Postpones Mission to Service Hubble....'
tickercontents[9]='10/03/08: STS-126: Space Shuttle Endeavour ISS Mission Launch Now November 14....'
tickercontents[10]='10/26/08: STS-126 Space Shuttle Endeavour: Crew at KSC Shuttle Landing Facility....'
tickercontents[11]='10/26/08: STS-126 Crew Arrives at Kennedy for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test....'
tickercontents[12]='10/27/08: STS-126 Space Shuttle Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test Continues....'
tickercontents[13]='10/29/08: Space Shuttle Endeavour: STS-126 Countdown Rehearsal Today....'
tickercontents[14]='10/30/08: STS-125, STS-126 Shuttle Readiness Review Briefing Update....'
tickercontents[15]='11/06/08: STS-126: Shuttle Astronauts in Launch Practice....'
tickercontents[16]='11/12/08: STS-126: Launch Controllers Load Endeavour\'s Fuel Cells....'
tickercontents[17]='11/14/08: STS-126: Endeavour in Final Stages of Launch Preparation....'
tickercontents[18]='11/14/08: STS-126: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Coverage....'
tickercontents[19]='11/14/08: STS-126 Mission to Extend ISS Crew Capacity....'
tickercontents[20]='11/14/08: STS-126 Mission Control Center Status Report #01....'
tickercontents[21]='11/15/08: STS-126 Crew to Use Robotic Arm to Inspect Endeavour\'s Thermal Protection System....'
tickercontents[22]='11/15/08: Endeavour to Dock with Station on Sunday....'
tickercontents[23]='11/16/08: STS-126: Shuttle Crew Prepares to Dock with Station....'
tickercontents[24]='11/16/08: STS-126: Expedition 18 Welcomes Shuttle Crew Aboard Station....'
tickercontents[25]='11/17/08: Space Shuttle, Expedition 18 Crews Attach Logistics Module to Station....'
tickercontents[26]='11/17/08: STS-126: Leonardo Multipurpose Logistics Module Successfully Installed....'
tickercontents[27]='11/18/08: STS-126: Stefanyshyn-Piper and Bowen to Perform EVA 1 Today....'
tickercontents[28]='11/18/08: Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk of Mission STS-126....'
tickercontents[29]='11/19/08: STS-126, Expedition 18 Prepare for Next Spacewalk (EVA 2)....'
tickercontents[30]='11/19/08: STS-126: Astronauts to Install ENose Hazardous gas Detector.....'
tickercontents[31]='11/19/08: STS-126, Expedition 18 Move Supplies; Install New Crew Accommodation....'
tickercontents[32]='11/20/08: STS-126: Piper and Kimbrough to Perform EVA 2 Today....'
tickercontents[32]='11/20/08: STS-126: Second Spacewalk Successful; NASA Tests Repairs....'
tickercontents[33]='11/21/08: STS-126: Crews Prepare for EVA 3; Endeavour to Reboost Station....'
tickercontents[34]='11/21/08: STS-126, Expedition 18 Prepare for EVA, Assemble and Test Hardware....'
tickercontents[35]='11/22/08: STS-126: Third EVA in 6 Days for Stefanyshyn-Piper....'
tickercontents[36]='11/22/08: Stefanyshyn-Piper and Bowen Complete STS-126 EVA 3....'
tickercontents[37]='11/23/08: STS-126, Expedition 18 Prepare for Fourth EVA....'
tickercontents[38]='11/23/08: STS-126: Bowen and Kimbrough to Perform EVA 4 on Monday....'
tickercontents[39]='11/24/08: STS-126: Astronauts to Peform Fourth Spacewalk Today....'
tickercontents[40]='11/24/08: STS-126: EVA 4 Successful; Endeavour Scheduled to Land Sunday....'
tickercontents[41]='11/25/08: STS-126: Starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint Now Tracking the Sun....'
tickercontents[42]='11/25/08: STS-126, Expedition 18 Prepare MPLM Leonardo for Return Home....'
tickercontents[43]='11/2608: STS-126, Expedition 18 to Move Leonardo to Endeavour\'s Payload Bay....'
tickercontents[44]='11/26/08: STS-126, Expedition 18 Crews to Close Hatches Tomorrow....'
tickercontents[45]='11/27/08: STS-126: Endeavour to Undock from ISS Tomorrow....'
tickercontents[46]='11/27/08: Shuttle and Station Crews Close Hatches, Prepare for Undocking....'
tickercontents[47]='11/28/08: STS-126: Endeavour Undocks from the ISS....'
tickercontents[48]='11/28/08: STS-126: Endeavour Undocks, Flies Around Station; Crews Inspect Heat Shield....'
tickercontents[49]='11/29/08: STS-126: Crew of Endeavour Prepares to Return Home....'
tickercontents[50]='11/29/08: STS-126: Weather Forecast Favors Landing at Edwards....'
tickercontents[51]='11/30/08: STS-126 to Land Endeavour at Edwards Air Force Base....'
tickercontents[52]='11/30/08: STS-126: Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands at Edwards Air Force Base....'
tickercontents[53]='STS-126 Mission Has Doubled the International Space Station\'s Crew Capacity....'
tickercontents[54]='11/30/08: STS-126 Crew to Return to Houston; Endeavour to be Mated to 747....'
tickercontents[55]='12/02/08: Endeavour Expected to Begin Flight to Kennedy Next Weekend....'
tickercontents[66]='12/12/08: Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives at Kennedy Space Center....'
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