NASA: Atlantis to Launch on Final Shuttle Flight July 8
NASA on Tuesday officially set July 8 as the launch date for the 135th and final flight of the 30-year long space shuttle program. Atlantis, carrying a crew of four and 12 tons of equipment, is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:26 a.m.,...Last Shuttle Crew Rehearses Atlantis Countdown
Atlantis astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim wrapped up a countdown dress rehearsal at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, one of the final major milestones in their preparations to launch as soon as July 8th on the last...Mark Kelly Departs NASA to Support Wife’s Recovery
Mark Kelly, the veteran commander who led the final flight of space shuttle Endeavour, will retire from NASA and the U. S. Navy to assist his wife, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, with her recovery from a gunshot wound. Kelly’s departure, effective...Russian Capsule Heads for Space Station with Supplies
A Russian Progress cargo capsule lifted off Tuesday from Kazakhstan, starting a two-day journey to the International Space Station with 5,400 pounds of fuel, food, water, compressed air, spare parts and other supplies. The Progress 43 settled into orbit nine minutes...Atlantis Crew in Florida for Countdown Rehearsal
Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson and the rest of NASA’s final shuttle mission crew are at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week for traditional safety training and a full dress rehearsal of the countdown that is expected to send them hurtling...New Multinational Crew docks with Space Station
A Russian Soyuz TMA-02M/27S spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late Thursday, completing a two-day transit for Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, NASA’s Mike Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa, of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. The linkup at 5:18...U. S., Russian and Japanese Astronauts Embark on Two-day Trip to the International Space Station.
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifted off from Central Asia on Tuesday, initiating a two-day trip to the International Space Station for a three-man multinational crew prepared to lead the orbital outpost from the lengthy shuttle-led assembly/outfitting era to the...NASA, ESA Unveil Much Anticipated Imagery of Shuttle Docked to Space Station
NASA previewed images of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, the first photos showing the wide sweep of the orbiting science laboratory with one of the U. S. orbiters attached. The photos, taken on May 23 by European Space...Eight-legged Earthlings Find Home on the International Space Station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are tending a pair of golden orb-web spiders, left aboard by the shuttle Endeavour astronauts. Gladys and Esmeralda are part of a 45-day student experiment to compare the web spinning techniques of spiders in...Space Talk
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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