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It’s official: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches Feb. 7
CAPE CANAVERAL – NASA managers have cleared space shuttle Endeavour for launch on Feb. 7th on a mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:39 a.m. EST, making Endeavor’s liftoff the last the final scheduled space shuttle night launch before the program retires.
Wed, Jan 27 | from orlandosentinel.com
In space, it seems, everybody can hear you tweet
WASHINGTON — For the first time, NASA Twitter followers can personally go inside the heart of a space shuttle mission at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA is hosting a unique Tweetup on Wednesday, Feb. 17 during Endeavour’s STS-130 mission to the International Space Stat...
Fri, Jan 22 | from orlandosentinel.com
Keep space station past 2015, pleads ESA chief
It'll only just be finished The head of the European Space Agency (ESA) has called for the International Space Station (ISS) to be kept in service until at least 2020. At present the station - the only manned space effort currently underway - is not planned to keep operating past 2015.…
Thu, Jan 14 | from Register
Cooling hose issue threatens space shuttle mission delay
NASA is wrestling with a problem with cooling hoses designed for a new “room” scheduled for delivery to the International Space Station by space Shuttle Endeavour next month. It’s not clear, however, if the issue could delay the mission.
Fri, Jan 8 | from orlandosentinel.com
NOVA Review
A vanished space station has reappeared outside of Earth's orbit and it threatens the orbital platforms humanity has been forced to live on following the ... and more »
Thu, Dec 17 | from IGN
What Will Happen When Astronauts No Longer Fly On The Space Shuttle?
There are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the workhorse of NASA’s space program. With the exception of the Hubble repair mission earlier this year, the remaining flights have all been focused on ad...
Tue, Dec 8 | from Wired
Parking spot flies to International Space Station
Before the new Poisk docking module, that left only one open spot for docking Russia's Progress resupply craft and for Soyuz crew rotation missions. ... Russian room ready for space station launchmsnbc.com Soyuz launches to space stationBBC News Spaceflight Now -AFP -Florida Today
Thu, Nov 12 | from Register
Opinion: Space Station Prepped for Six Crew Members
Increasing the crew capacity of the space station is a major advance for space-science research and for travel beyond low Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars. "It opens up more possibilities, such as scheduling more science, because we don't have to use ...
Wed, May 6 | from MIT Technology Review
STS-119 EVA-1: Final Truss Segment S6 set for installation
With the successful handover of the S6 truss element to the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) yesterday, astronauts Steven Swanson and Rick Arnold are set to conduct STS-119’s first Extravehicular Activity (EVA) this afternoon on Flight Day 5. The first of three planned...
Thu, Mar 19 | from NASASpaceflight.com
Opinion: A possible source of the five-year delay policy
MD - Jan 12, 2009 The notes also make clear that the five-year delay includes the CEV and CLV, essential for low Earth orbit and space station access. ... Astronauts Primed for Space Station Power Boost Space Com all 3 news articles
Mon, Jan 12 | from The Space Review
Patch: NASA's Kepler spacecraft ready to ship to Florida
FL - The official embroidered patch and lapel pin for the International Space Station Expedition 18 crew is now available to from our stores.
Sat, Dec 27 | from Spaceflight Now
Opinion: Photos: The space station marks a decade aloft
The first satellite in orbit. The first man in space. The first landing on the moon. But starting more than a decade ago, the space race gave way to ... Video: Raw Video: Shuttle Undocks From Space Station AssociatedPress NASA Already Planning The Next ISS Power-Expansion Mission eFluxMedia
Sun, Nov 30 | from CNET News.com
Opinion: EVA-2 marks 10th birthday for ISS - STS-126 passing midway point
The ISS - is the largest spacecraft ever built - was born in Kazakhstan, when Russia launched the Zarya module 10 years ago today. It was soon joined by the Shuttle launched Unity module, as the orbital outpost began its expansion process. Since then, the ISS has grown by 627,000 pounds.
Thu, Nov 20 | from NASASpaceflight.com
Science Weekly Extra podcast: Astronaut Richard Garriott on space travel and being back on Earth
Search and recovery crews in Kazakhstan retrieved the American space tourist Richard Garriott, 47, and the Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko from the Soyuz module, which landed on its side on the brushy steppe of north-central Kazakhstan under a cold, clear sky.
Wed, Nov 5 | from The Guardian (UK)
Podcast: 06/19/07: Suni Williams Bids Farewell to the International Space Station.
STS-117's constructive stay at the International Space Station came to a close today when Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked. The two spacecraft parted ways at 14:42 UT (10:42 a.m. EDT), as they flew over the Coral Sea northeast of Australia. Record breaking astronaut Suni Williams, aboard A...
Fri, Oct 31 | from Space and Astronautics
Podcast: U.S. billionaire on board Russian craft headed toward space station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan A Russian rocket carrying the American billionaire who helped develop Microsoft Word roared into the night skies over Kazakhstan Saturday, sending Charles Simonyi and two cosmonauts soaring into orbit on a twoday journey to the international space station.
Sat, Apr 7 | from AZ Central.com
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