Space Flight
Gallery: 10 Years of Canadarm2, Construction Crane in Space
[/caption] On April 19, 2001, space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-100 mission launched to the space station, and in the payload bay…
Yuri Gagarin From the Earth to Mars Tribute
[/caption] 50 Years ago, the dream of human spaceflight opened with the courageous blastoff of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside the…
NASA Announces Awardees of CCDev2
[/caption] NASA has announced the winners of the four second-round agreements under the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) program. These companies…
NASA Avoids Accountant’s Axe
[/caption] With the US's attention firmly focused on the budget with calls to cut spending in every possible non-essential programs,…
NASA Space Shuttle Owner’s Workshop Manual Book Review
[/caption] The shuttle era is ending and when things end people have the tendency to look back and reflect on…
Iridium Next Prepares to Ride the Falcon
[/caption] To date, Iridium NEXT is the largest commercial space launch contract with any single entity. All total, the contract…
At Shuttle Program’s Twilight, Tears and Cheers as Triumphs and Tragedies are Remembered
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – With the shuttle program’s end less than three months away, NASA took time to honor the…
NASA Selects Museums in Florida, California, New York and the Smithsonian for retiring Space Shuttles
[/caption] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden today unveiled the winners in the bidding war to become home to one of NASA’s…
Stirring Video Tributes to Yuri Gagarin
http://youtu.be/fuxeRNtN160?hd=1 Today, April 12, is the 50th Anniversary of Earth’s first manned spaceflight by Hero Cosmonaut , Yuri Gagarin of…
Re-Live the First Shuttle Flight, 30 Years Ago
Here's footage from the first space shuttle flight, 30 years ago today on April 12, 1981. One of the big…