Endeavour crew docks with International Space Station
The Endeavour astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station early Wednesday, uniting 12 NASA, Russian and European Space Agency astronauts aboard the two spacecraft for a marathon session of scientific outfitting, cargo exchanges and...Endeavour Lifts Off on Marathon Space Station Mission
Shuttle Endeavour and her crew of six astronauts roared into Earth orbit early Monday on a marathon mission to equip the International Space Station with a $2 billion physics experiment and spare parts to sustain operations of the orbiting science laboratory well...Preps for Endeavour’s Launch Early Monday Meeting Sunday Milestones
Technician’s at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center moved the Rotating Service Structure from around the shuttle Endeavour at Launch Pad 39A as scheduled at mid-day on Sunday, a key coundtown milestone. Endeavour is poised to lift off Monday at 8:56 a.m., EDT,...Endeavour’s Preparations on Schedule for Monday Lift Off
Preparations for a second attempt to launch shuttle Endeavour were on track Saturday, following a formal review of countdown activities and other preparations by NASA’s Mission Management Team. The launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for...Endeavour Astronauts Return to the Kennedy Space Center for Monday Lift Off
Endeavour’s six astronauts returned to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday, each eager to begin a challenging delayed 16-day mission to equip the International Space Station with the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and external spare parts....Endeavour Reconfirmed for May 16 Lift Off; Atlantis Slips Toward Mid-July Departure
NASA mission managers on Monday re-confirmed May 16 as the launch date for shuttle Endeavour on a delayed 16-day mission to the International Space Station with a crew of six astronauts and the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer The launching from NASA’s...Endeavour Aims For A May 16th Lift Off
NASA on Friday re-targeted shuttle Endeavour’s final mission for a May 16 lift off from the Kennedy Space Center. The schedule, however, depends on how quickly technicians complete work to recover from the April 29 scrub that brought to a halt the ship’s send off...May 10 Becomes the Earliest Launch Date for Endeavour
May 10 is the soonest shuttle Endeavour will be ready for a second bid to begin her final mission, a two week journey to the International Space Station with a crew of six astronauts and the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Mission managers for NASA’s...Endeavour launching off until “end of the week, at the soonest”
SUNDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE, 2:15 p.m., EDT: May 8 is the earliest NASA could consider another attempt to launch shuttle Endeavour, NASA officials told a news briefing. “We can tell you it will not be earlier than May 8,” said Mike Moses, chairman of...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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