Space Shuttle

Attention Teachers and Students: Fly An Experiment on Final Shuttle Mission

[/caption] We just received an exciting note from Dr. Jeff Goldstein, the Director for the National Center for Earth and…

14 years ago

Send Your Face to Space On Final Two Shuttle Missions

[/caption] If NASA offered you a ride on one of the final two scheduled space shuttle missions, you'd go, right?…

14 years ago

First Ever Video of NASA’s ‘Ice Team’

NASA has released, for the first time, video of the final inspection of a space shuttle before launch. The Final…

14 years ago

Atlantis Crew ‘Riding Inside a Fireball’

[/caption] At a post-landing news conference, STS-132 commander Ken Ham described the incredible visual effects the crew of Atlantis witnessed…

14 years ago

Atlantis Returns Home — For the Last Time?

A bittersweet moment in space history as Atlantis and her six-member crew landed at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday…

14 years ago

Picture Gallery: STS-132, Atlantis’ Last Mission

[/caption] Is this Atlantis' last mission to space? STS-132 is the last scheduled flight for space shuttle Atlantis, and it…

14 years ago

Incredible Image: Atlantis and ISS Transit the Sun

Here are some incredible images of Atlantis and the International Space Station captured as it transit the Sun. You can…

14 years ago

Amazing Time-Lapse Video of Space Shuttle Discovery

UPDATE: Sorry, but the video includes an annoying loud commercial that starts up automatically every time the page loads on…

15 years ago

Space Station Gets a New Science Module

[/caption] A 8,550 kg (17,760-pound) Russian Mini-Research Module, known as Rassvet or "Dawn," was attached to the International Space Station…

15 years ago

Rare Images of Shuttle Booster Return

[/caption] Here's an event we don't get to see very often. It is a post-launch activity that is not well…

15 years ago