Space Flight
Endeavour Unveiled for Historic Final Blastoff
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - A humongous crowd numbering perhaps half a million excited people is expected to witness the…
Looking to the Heavens with Endeavour; Launch Pad Photo Special
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised for launch as the countdown clock ticks down to a…
Endeavour Astronauts Arrive at Cape for May 16 Launch
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - The all veteran crew for the last launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour flew back to…
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…
Atlas V Roars to Space with Sophisticated New Missile Warning Surveillance Satellite
[/caption]CAPE CANAVERAL - An Atlas V rocket carrying a highly sophisticated Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-1 satellite for the United…
Atlas Rocket Poised for Blast Off with Advanced Missile Early Warning Spy Satellite
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL - An Atlas V rocket is poised to blast off today, May 6 , with the inaugural…
Rare and Unpublished LIFE Photos of Alan Shepard’s Historic Flight
[/caption] If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen how I was oohing and aahing about a wonderful…
Alan Shepard: Complicated, Conflicted and the Consummate Astronaut
[/caption] 50 years ago today, Alan Shepard blasted off on board the first flight of NASA’s Mercury program, becoming the…