Amazing photos of NASA's last space shuttle launch were taken from an airborne student balloon and out the window of a plane.
According to CBS4's Stephen Stock reporting from the Kennedy Space Center, NASA managers said they had only three minor issues out at the launch pad overnight, including a faulty fire alarm that went off, a false alarm and a couple of chilling units that stopped working. But two of three...
Atlantis also became the first shuttle to see its astronaut manifest change in space. Also, the mission marked the 100th human spaceflight launch fromKennedy Space Center
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Discovery’s Saturday night launch was the last planned shuttle lift-off from Launch Pad 39B. The rest of the shuttles will take off from neighbouring Pad 39A. Retirement pad This is to make room for NASA’s Constellation project, the successor to the shuttle programme. The planned Ares I ...
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Ground-based cameras captured the ascent ofColumbiaduring the first space shuttle launch. But in order to inspect the vehicle's insulating tiles, NASA needed a more powerful camera. The first flight of the space shuttle,36 years ago today, was notable for many things, including the first and...
So, the next launch window is looking like it’s going to be at 11:59pm (EDT) Friday night. This will give launch crews some time to analyse results from tests they are carrying out on the potentially faulty valve that caused the previous launch scrub. However, NASA is hopeful the faul...
In December 2007 and February 2008, Fuzzy flew down to Florida to see the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis for STS-122. In March 2008, Fuzzy took Debbie and Kelsey along for a night launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour for STS-123.
30, 1983. The mission also marked the shuttle program's first night launch and landing and included the deployment of an Indian communication satellite and a series of experiments. They also tested the Canadarm on a dummy second payload. Shuttle fleet's Spacelab debut: STS-9 (Columbia) The ...