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...
— -- Ever since theChallenger disasterin 1986, NASA has said that its space shuttles were magnificent machines, but conceded they were complicated and risky to fly. The shuttleAtlantis, which made a magnificentlast launchtoday, proved the point again. The launch almost didn't happen. NASA...
A nearly full Moon sets as the space shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 11, 2009. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery is ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ? Today is the big day for NASA's launch of space shuttle Atlantis ? maybe. When the100-ton orbiter launches, it will carry the seven-astronaut crew of the STS-122mission and the European Space Agency's (ESA) new Columbus science laboratorymodule into space. But rai...
"We’re not going to make it today. So I appreciate your support, both from the crew and the whole launch team and the team worldwide for trying to get this vehicle off the ground today, but it’s not a good day to launch the shuffle, so we’re going to try again tomorrow," ...
At launch, the Space Shuttle consists of the shuttle stack, which includes a dark orange-colored external tank (ET); two white, slender Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs); and the Orbiter Vehicle (OV), which contains the crew and payload. Payloads can be launched into higher orbits with either ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Dec 9 (AFP) Dec 09, 2007 NASA Sunday postponed its launch of the shuttle Atlantis until early 2008 after technical problems scuppered the planned delivery of a European laboratory to the International Space Station. ...
ASTRONAUTS on board the space shuttle Discovery are today examining their ship's heat shield for signs of damage after pieces of debris were seen flying off during launch.The safety scare for the seven-man crew, which includes Dr Piers Sellers, 51, from East Sussex, came last night.As many...
Eventually, we learned NASA had no test data indicating the O-ring would survive a launch in such low temperatures, and that a series of giant failures at the management level led NASA to go ahead with the launch on a rushed schedule despite a slew of warning signs....
CAPE CANAVERAL (CBS4) – The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for prelaunch preparations. The official countdown is also scheduled to begin Tuesday ahead of Friday's 3:47 pm. launch. Commander Mark Kelly made a brief statement and introduced his...