Space Shuttle

Assembly Complete for NASA’s First Orion Crew Module Blasting off Dec. 2014

This past weekend technicians completed assembly of NASA’s first Orion crew module at the agency’s Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout…

10 years ago

Heat Protecting Back Shell Tiles Installed on NASA’s Orion EFT-1 Spacecraft Set for Dec. 2014 Launch

Fabrication of the pathfinding version of NASA’s Orion crew capsule slated for its inaugural unmanned test flight in December is…

10 years ago

NASA’s First Space-Tweeting Astronaut And ‘Big Bang Theory’ Guest Flies To A New Position

The first astronaut who tweeted from space is leaving NASA, the agency announced yesterday. Mike Massimino (best known to his…

10 years ago

Photos: Readers Share Memories Of NASA’s Final Shuttle Launches

With the three-year anniversary this week of STS-135 -- the final launch of the program -- we invited readers of…

10 years ago

Calling All Space Tweeps! In Honor of STS-135, Share Your Fave Shuttle Pics

Has it been three years already? The last mission of the space shuttle program launched on this day in 2011.…

10 years ago

Tour Around Boeing’s CST-100 Spaceliner to LEO: Photos

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - On Monday, June 9, Boeing revealed the design of their CST-100 astronaut spaceliner aimed at…

11 years ago