Jan 14, 2011 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon, Why Space
The White House, Congress and NASA must work quickly to resolve the space agency’s future exploration and transportation strategies, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel concludes in the committee’s latest annual report. The Congressionally-chartered panel...
Jan 13, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Β NASA on Thursday appointed a backup to Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly, whose Congresswoman wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was among those critically wounded during a shooting spree last weekend at a Tucson, Ariz. political rally. However, Kelly hopes to lead the 14-day...
Jan 12, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Β NASA announced Tuesday that shuttle managers have identified the root cause of the fuel tank cracks that have stalled shuttle Discoveryβs final mission since early November. Repairs are under way at the Kennedy Space Center. And the space agency is re-scheduling the...
Jan 7, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Β Shuttle Discoveryβs final mission will miss the next launch opportunity, givingΒ experts more time toΒ troubleshoot small cracks in the stringer section of the spacecraftβs external fuel tank. NASA managers made the decision Thursday not to attempt a launching of...
Jan 4, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Β Β Shuttle managers called for further modifications to the shuttle Discoveryβs external fuel tank on Monday, upgrades intended to prevent further cracking of support stringers that have kept NASAβs oldest orbiter from carrying out a final mission since a Nov. 5...
Dec 30, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Β NASA shuttle program managers on Thursday ordered additional repairs to new cracks found on shuttle Discovery’s external fuel tank. Discovery’s 39th and final mission, an 11-day assembly flight to the International Space Station, has been on hold since a...
Dec 28, 2010 | Education, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
Β Curious students took a break from the Christmas holidays Tuesday to gather at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio, for a question-and-answer session with U. S. and European astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The 20-minute session was...
Dec 22, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
Β NASA offered strong evidence on Wednesday that its missions and activities represent long range investments in breakthrough technologies that demonstrate down-to-Earth benefits for the vast majorityΒ of us β the men and womenΒ who will never see the inside of a...
Dec 22, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Shuttle Discovery will spend the holidays in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The winged spacecraft was moved by crawler-transporter from Launch Pad 39A to the VAB late Tuesday and early Wednesday, arriving at the protective hangar...
Dec 17, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA will spend a couple of weeks assessing the results of shuttle Discovery’s tanking test on Friday at the Kennedy Space Center, the latest round of troubleshooting intended to explain the formation of small cracks on the spacecraft’s external fuel tank...