Space Shuttle

New Dates for Final Shuttle Launches

[/caption] If you are tentatively planning to attend one of the final shuttle launches, the uncertainty on launch dates just…

15 years ago

Delays Likely for Final Two Shuttle Missions

[/caption] The final scheduled space shuttle flight of Endeavour that has been targeted for late November 2010 is now likely…

15 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?…

15 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…

15 years ago

The Last Train to KSC: Final Set of Solid Rocket Boosters Arrive

[/caption] Another end-of-an-era event heralding the conclusion of the space shuttle program: the final set of space shuttle solid rocket…

15 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…

15 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…

15 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