Space Exploration
Dawn Begins Approach to Asteroid Vesta and Snaps First Images
[/caption] NASA’s revolutionary Dawn Asteroid Orbiter has begun the final approach phase to the giant asteroid Vesta and snapped its…
50th Anniversary Ceremony Recreates First US Manned Spaceflight by Alan Shepard
[/caption] NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first American manned spaceflight at a special ceremony on May 5, 2011…
NASA Sets May 16 for Last Launch of Endeavour; Atlantis Slips to July
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - NASA managers set May 16 as the new launch date for the final flight of…
Alan Shepard and MESSENGER Stamps Unveiled at Kennedy Space Center Ceremony
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - 50 Years ago this week, Alan B. Shepard became the first American to be launched…
USPS Commemorates Spaceflight Past and Present
Postage stamps honoring Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, America's first man in space, and NASA's MESSENGER probe, the first spacecraft to…
Behind the Scenes at SpaceX’s Space Launch Complex 40
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) took members of the media on a tour of Launch Complex 40,…
Endeavour’s Final Launch further delayed another Week or more
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - The final launch of shuttle Endeavour will be further delayed, perhaps by a week or…
On the Cusp of Endeavour’s Final Flight
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, April 28 - All systems are GO here at the Kennedy Space Center as the countdown…
Brush Fires Erupt at Kennedy Space Center during Endeavour’s Last Countdown
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - A large brush fire suddenly broke out this today (April 27) less than 1 mile…
Several Student-Led Experiments to Fly on Endeavour
[/caption]CAPE CANAVERAL – STS-134, the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour – is set to carry several experiments of…