Nov 5, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Efforts by NASA to launch the shuttle Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center on Friday with a crew of six astronauts on her 39th and final mission have been postponed until no earlier than Nov. 30 because of a substantial launch pad hydrogen leak. Nov. 30 marks the...
Nov 4, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
Stormy weather across Florida on Thursday prompted NASA to postpone efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery on her 39th and final flight, an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The space agency will try again on Friday. The forecast for the planned...
Nov 4, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Discovery will be prepared for a Thursday launch attempt, NASA’s Mission Management Team decided following a lengthy review on Wednesday of an intermittent voltage irregularity in the circuitry of a backup main engine controller. However, the passage of a cold...
Nov 3, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
Shuttle Discovery’s final mission has been postponed until no earlier than Thursday to permit additional trouble shooting of a rocket engine computer that displayed some unexplained power readings during routine countdown testing on Tuesday. A launching of...
Nov 1, 2010 | Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, NASA, Newsroom, Press Releases, Space and Science
The Coalition for Space Exploration today launched its Think Outside the Circle campaign with the release of an online public service announcement featuring the space shuttle Discovery on its final “rollout.” The 60-second online video depicts Discovery in unexpected...
Oct 30, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA announced a second 24 hour delay in plans to launch the shuttle Discovery on Saturday, aiming for Wednesday instead of Election Day. Wednesday’s lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is targeted for 3:52 p.m., EDT. The weather outlook includes a...
Oct 29, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA will aim for an Election Day lift of the shuttle Discovery on the orbiter’s final flight, a one day delay called for on Friday to repair helium and nitrogen leaks in the spacecraft’s right Orbital Maneuvering System pod. A Tuesday lift off would occur...
Oct 28, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars
Tuesday will mark an historic milestone, as the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and Canada celebrate the 10th anniversary of a continuous human presence aboard the NASA-led International Space Station. Does a decade with at least two humans and...
Oct 26, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA on Monday gave the shuttle Discovery and a crew of six astronauts the green light for a Nov. 1 launching of the 26-year-old orbiter’s final flight, an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle’s crew has trained to deliver a new...
Oct 24, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Planet Earth, Space Research, The Moon
Well Rob Ambrose, who leads NASA’s Robonaut 2 project, has been asking people that question for 20 years. And with good reason, Robonaut 2, a joint project between NASA and General Motors, to develop a humanoid suitable for space travel, is headed for the...