Endeavour Astronauts Make Safe Return to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
The shuttle Endeavour sailed through the Florida skies in the predawn Wednesday, touching down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to end a successful 16-day, final mission for the youngest orbiter. The spacecraft touched down at 2:35 a.m., EDT, with Commander Mark...Atlantis Heads to Launch Pad For Final Shuttle Mission
Shuttle Atlantis began an overnight “roll out” to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Tuesday night, just hours before the Endeavour astronauts were scheduled to descend to Earth, concluding their 16-day mission to the International Space...Endeavour Astronauts Set for Pre-dawn Landing
Forecasters offered a favorable weather outlook Tuesday, as Endeavour’s astronauts prepared to end their 16-day mission to the International Space Station with a pre-dawn landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour’s return will shadow the roll out of...Endeavour Crew Departs Space Station, Conducts Successful Rendezvous Test
The shuttle Endeavour crew departed the International Space Station late Sunday, ending a marathon visit that concluded with a successful flight test of the rendezvous and docking sensors NASA is developing for the shuttle’s successor, a four person capsule...Endeavour’s “Can Do” Crew Nears End of Space Station Visit
Endeavour’s “can do” crew began to wrap up a productive visit to the International Space Station on Saturday, with a flurry of upgrades to internal life support systems. Astronauts Mike Fincke and Greg Chamitoff, who marched through the...NASA Designates Orion as Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle for Future Human Deep Space Missions
The four person Orion spacecraft, once part of the Constellation program, will emerge as a center piece of U. S. plans to resume the exploration of deep space with astronauts, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other agency officials announced on Tuesday. The...U. S., Russian and Italian Soyuz Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
Three U. S., Russian and Italian members of the International Space Station crew descended to Earth late Monday. landing under parachute aboard their Soyuz capsule south of Karaganda in Kazakhstan. The capsule touched down at 10:26 p.m. EDT, ending a 159-day voyage...Endeavour Astronauts Chat with Tucson Students
The Endeavour astronauts made Sunday night a special occasion for students at the Mesa Verde Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz., who assembled to visit with two of the six space travelers parked at the International Space Station. “It’s great to have you...Pope Benedict XVI Greets Space Station Astronauts
Pope Benedict XVI spoke with the U.S., Russian and European astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Saturday, reflecting together with them about life on Earth, the environment and the mysteries of space. “Welcome aboard, Your Holiness,”...Space Talk
A new eye on the cosmos is almost ready to soar!
#NASA’s #NancyGraceRoman Space Telescope is now set to launch on 30 August 2026 - eight months ahead of schedule.
With its powerful wide-field infrared vision, #Roman will reveal vast, uncharted regions of the #universe,
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🇲🇦🇧🇷| Brazilian company Saipher presented its HORUS SDA/SSA/STM software during a meeting with FAR 4th Bureau officials. The system provides Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and Space Traffic Monitoring (STM) capabilities.
@Eric3Gribble Not how Congress works. SLS gets money allocated to it by Congress. SLS receiving money doesn’t take money from other parts of NASA.
And it’s a good thing that we didn’t fall for this trap too, because then no part of Artemis would be working
Everybody say "Hi, LESTR" 👋
This machine at our center is helping NASA study how materials behave in super-cold environments.
Putting electronics and other flight hardware to the test at extremely low temperatures will be critical as we look to build a Moon Base near the lunar
