Space Shuttle

NASA Delays Discovery Launch Fourth Time

  [/caption] NASA announced yet another delay for the launch of the Discovery STS-119 mission to the International Space Station…

16 years ago

Hubble Repair Mission in Jepardy Due to Satellite Collision Debris

[/caption] The Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, STS-125 seemingly gets bad news after more bad news. The mission was already…

16 years ago

NASA Launch Notes: Go/No-Go

[/caption] Just a few notes on a couple of NASA launches; one was a go, and the other is a…

16 years ago

A Cheap Solution for Getting to Mars?

[/caption] The space shuttles are slated to be retired in September of 2010. NASA put out a call recently to…

16 years ago

WR 104 Won’t Kill Us After All

[/caption]Early last year, concern was growing for a Wolf-Rayet star named WR 104 that appeared to be aiming right at…

16 years ago

New Report Details Columbia Accident, Recommends Improvements

[/caption] NASA released a detailed and sometimes graphic new report outlining what happened during the break-up of the Columbia space…

16 years ago

Great Space Shuttle Pictures

[/caption] Say what you want about the space shuttle program, but one thing is for certain: the shuttle is very…

16 years ago

Stuck in California: Shuttle Endeavour’s Delayed Flight Home

[/caption] Update: Space Shuttle Endeavour left Edwards Air Force Base this morning at 7am, after a 10-day stop over in…

16 years ago

Hubble Repair Mission Will Launch in May ’09

NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May…

16 years ago

Shuttle Landing: Beautiful; Progress Docking: Last-Minute Excitement

[/caption] Sunday was a busy day for human spaceflight, as space shuttle Endeavour landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base…

16 years ago