Space Flight

Watch Live-Stream of Shuttle Launch on your PlayStation

[/caption] Get a dose of reality via Sony’s PlayStation gaming system. The final liftoff of space shuttle Discovery on February…

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Sounds of Comet Tempel 1 smashing into Stardust-NExT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5b9qL-T-3s As Stardust-Next was racing past Comet Tempel at 9.8 km/sec, or 24,000 MPH, it encountered a hail of bullet…

14 years ago

45 Years of Rendezvous and Docking in Space

On Thursday, the European ATV Johannes Kepler will dock with the International Space Station. Rendezvous and docking in space has…

14 years ago

Discovery: A Look Back Before Her Last Flight

As preparations continue for the launch of space shuttle Discovery on STS-133, here's a look back at the history of…

14 years ago

Discovery’s final crew arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – Arriving in their trademark T-38 Talon jets, the crew that will fly the last mission of…

14 years ago

NASA Sets STS-133 Launch for February 24

[/caption] Following a Flight Readiness Review today, NASA and Space Shuttle Program managers announced that space shuttle Discovery is ready…

14 years ago

NASA Weighs Risks of Unique Photo-Op at Space Station

[/caption] If all goes well and space shuttle Discovery arrives at the International Space Station the end of February, there…

14 years ago

ATV Successfully Launches to Space Station

Here's a chance to practice your French countdown skills: watch today's successful launch of the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer…

14 years ago

50 Years of Human Spaceflight: Yuri’s Night Video Contest

On April 12, 2011, everyone with the least bit of interest in space should be rockin’ the house. It’s the…

14 years ago

NASA’s Stardust Discovers Human made Deep Impact Crater on Comet Tempel 1

[/caption] NASA’s aging and amazing Stardust space probe has at last discovered the human made crater created on Comet Tempel…

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