Space Shuttle
Shuttle Launch Delayed; Soyuz “Gagarin” Launch Set for Today
[/caption] Just a bit of a traffic jam at the International Space Station has prompted a 10-day delay of the…
STS-134 wraps up TCDT
[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL – The crew who will fly on the last flight of the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA’s youngest…
‘In Flight’ Shuttle Orbiter retirement display planned by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
[/caption] ‘In Flight’ …. That’s the heart of the dramatic plan to showcase a Space Shuttle Orbiter being proposed by…
NASAs First Orion Capsule and New Space Operations Center Unveiled
[/caption] The inaugural version of NASA’s new Orion human space exploration capsule was unveiled by Lockheed Martin at the company’s…
Keeping Astronauts Safe from Meteoroids
[/caption] About 100 tons of meteoroids bombard the Earth’s atmosphere every day. For spacecraft in Earth orbit, a collision with…
How to Wake Up an Astronaut: Vote Now
From folk to boogey-woogey to cute kids singing, you’ve got 10 original choices for which song should be the winner…
Is National Academies Review of Astronaut Numbers Needed?
[/caption] In the wake of the recent departure of astronaut Garrett Reisman from NASA to work for SpaceX, the necessity…
Shuttle Endeavour Photo Special: On Top of Pad 39A for Final Flight
[/caption] Space Shuttle Endeavour now sits majestically at launch pad 39 A at the Kennedy Space Center, awaiting her historic…
Robo Trek Debuts … Robonaut 2 Unleashed and joins First Human-Robot Space Crew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkagxtiy1-M Star Trek’s Data must be smiling. One of his kind has finally made it to the High Frontier. The…
How to Recover a Solid Rocket Booster
NASA shot some very unique high-definition footage of teams recovering the space shuttle's solid rocket booster segments, including under-water shots…