at 11:26am EST. But it may get to live a bit longer, if Mother Nature has anything to say about it. The forecast for Cape Canaveral, Florida, where the last-ever shuttle launch will take place, calls for thunderstorms, which would require the ...
On Monday evening, the night before the launch of the shuttle Discovery, Nasa's senior administrator, Mike Griffin, came in for dinner with his family. Over the years, the owners and regulars have shared Nasa's triumphs and tragedy. They have toasted success and mourned disasters. Last ...
The first flight of the Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, in June 2010, encountered similar last-second engine trouble, but there was enough time to fix the problem and fly the same day. SpaceX has just a single second each day to launch this time around because of the space station ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit and the chance to take part in a spacewalk. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced Monday that he will make another private spacefli...
Dean noted specifically a shuttle mission in 2010 when an astronaut was substituted with six weeks notice; the Soyuz launch is approaching four weeks before blast-off. However, Vande Hei offers a particularly smooth substitution, as he served as the back-up for Rubins before her October launch;...