Endeavour “Go” After Stormy Night
FRIDAY UPDATE: Endeavour’s lift off, planned for Friday at 3:47 p.m., EDT, was scrubbed by an undiagnosed problem with a hydraulic system heater. The launching has been postponed by at least three days or until May 2. NASA Launch Director Mike Leinbach and...Storms Slow Endeavour Preps
Severe weather brought high winds, rain and the threat of hail to the Kennedy Space Center late Thursday, forcing a delay in NASA’s plans to retract the protective Rotating Service Structure that surrounds shuttle Endeavour at Launch Pad 39A. The Launch...Endeavour Countdown Unfolds Smoothly
UPDATE: 9 p.m., EDT, Brush Fires Near Shuttle Launch Pad Contained A brush fire flared not too far from Endeavour’s launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday afternoon. Though smokey, the blaze did not disrupte the countdown leading to Endeavour...Endeavour Countdown Starts With Favorable Launch Weather Forecast
The countdown for shuttle Endeavour’s final mission, a two week voyage to equip the International Space Station with a $2 billion physics experiment, got under way on Tuesday, with a mostly favorable weather outlook. Endeavour’s lift off from...Endeavour Receives “Green Light” for April 29th Lift Off
Top NASA officials on Tuesday affirmed April 29 as the launch date for shuttle Endeavour’s final mission, a 14 to 16-day flight to equip the International Space Station with the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and drop off external spare parts. Launch...NASA Selects Four Companies to Pursue Commercial Crew Space Transportation Development
NASA selected four companies on Monday for additional funding under the agency’s Commercial Spaceflight Development Program to accelerate work on multiple spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The awards...NASA’s Mission Control Center Named for Chris Kraft
NASA’s Mission Control Center, known around the world as the pulse of U. S. human spaceflight — from the missions of Mercury and the Apollo moon landings to the assembly of the International Space Station, was named for Christopher Kraft Jr. on Thursday....House Provides New Budget Details Underpinning NASA Exploration Plans
The House Appropriations Committee this week produced new details of the proposed budget Continuing Resolution that would fund the federal government through the end of the 2011 fiscal year, including $18.485 billion for NASA, just over $500 million less than...Shuttle orbiters will retire in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and New York City
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden dispatched the agency’s retired shuttle orbiters far and wide on Tuesday, the 30th anniversary of the first shuttle flight and the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight. Atlantis will head for the Kennedy Space...Space Talk
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Red northern lights may appear alongside a red Moon during a partial lunar eclipse.
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Rare red northern lights may be visible alongside red moon during tomorrow night's partial lunar...
Moderate G1 and G2 geomagnetic storms are forecast during the Aug. 27-28 partial lunar eclipse, with the northern ...
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