Space Flight
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…
Astronaut On Board ISS Gets Word of Mother’s Death
[/caption] ISS astronaut Paolo Nespoli from Italy received some sad news while in orbit on the International Space Station: his…
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…
Endeavour’s Launch Delayed at Least 72 Hours
[/caption] Endeavour's final launch will have to wait a little longer. Problems with the the APU heaters on the shuttle…
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…
Shuttle Endeavour Will Be Visible Over UK Just After Final Launch
[/caption] On April 29th, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to blast off for the last time, delivering the…