Weather permitting, the last-ever NASA shuttle launch will take place today at 11:26am EST. There is currently a70 percent chance that thunderstorms will delay blastoffof space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, until Saturday. But despite the gamble, NASA...
Set to launch on a Space Launch System megarocket in 2024, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency will fly around the moon, much like Apollo 8, on their Orion spacecraft. Here's what they had to say of the mission toda...
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Reports that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Space Flight Operations Contract places about 85 percent of shuttle operations work and responsibility for the orbiters under United Space Alliance. United Space Alliance, which is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Rockwell ...
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I have had this afternoon’s flight on my calendar for 30 years, in one form or another: I’m going to Florida to see a space shuttle launch. I woke up absurdly early on an April morning in 1981 to watch the TV broadcast of Columbia’s liftoff. Witnessing that in person wasn’t so...
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Twitterati, rejoice: NASA Twitter followers are invited to view the November launch of space shuttle Atlantis in person during a NASA "tweetup."
"Today, we’re announcing an exciting collaboration with NASA using Photosynth technology, to create three-dimensional environments of preparations for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour. For the first time ever, viewers can experience unprecedented views of shuttle Endeavour on the launch pad, inte...
It's official: NASA's last space shuttle launch in history is set to blast off from Florida on July 8. Senior agency officials made the decision today (June 28) after an extensive review of the space shuttle Atlantis, which will fly the upcoming mission to the International Space Station,...