Space Flight
Obama: This is a ‘Capture the Flag’ Moment for Commercial Spaceflight
President Barack Obama called out for pizza today and ending up talking with the crews of STS-135 and Expedition 28…
Stripped Down Discovery rolls towards Retirement at Kennedy Space Center
[/caption] Space Shuttle Discovery was briefly on public display on Wednesday July 13 as she emerged from the hanger at…
SRB Camera Views of Atlantis’ Last Ride
Always a good show and a unique, fun view, NASA released today the videos taken from the cameras mounted on…
Return of the Capsule
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – As Florida’s Space Coast braces for the end of the shuttle program this month, signs…
Bringing You There: Atlantis Roars into Orbit One Final Time
Videographers David Gonzales, Kurt Johnson and Mike Deep filmed the final launch of the Space Shuttle from the Kennedy Space…
Share a Meal With Astronauts in Space on July 14
[/caption] I’m just making out my shopping list for going to the grocery store tomorrow, and it includes everything I…
Historic Images of Final Spacewalk of Shuttle Era
[/caption] It's the end of an era: the final spacewalk during the space shuttle era was conducted by astronauts on…
Zubrin Claims VASIMR is a Hoax
[/caption] A next-generation plasma rocket being developed by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz called the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma…
Infographic: Powering the Space Shuttle
How much energy does it take get the space shuttle launched, into orbit, and back to Earth again? This infographic…
3-D Atlantis in Flight
[/caption] Time to grab your 3-D glasses (the red/cyan kind, please) and see a couple of 3-D views of Atlantis…