President Obama Lauds Shuttle, Station Programs in Chat With Atlantis Crew. NASA to Aim for Mars, He Says
President Obama commended NASA’s shuttle program in a call to the Atlantis astronauts on Friday in which he also re-stated his call for the space agency to develop the technologies for bold new missions of human exploration. An expedition to Mars is...Final Shuttle Mission Grows to 13 Days
NASA’s final shuttle mission will grow by 24 hours to 13 days, the agency’s Mission Management Team announced Monday. Since launching on Friday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Atlantis and her hard charging crew of four astronauts have worked ahead of schedule to...Going…Going…Gone! Atlantis Liftoff, Shuttle Finale
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – Space Shuttle Atlantis roared off its launch pad here, crackling its way skyward into orbit. The flawless countdown leading to the Atlantis liftoff was slightly delayed for 2 ½ minutes as engineers assured themselves that part of the...Shuttle Atlantis On-Track for Liftoff Today
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – Record-breaking crowds have gathered here this morning for the hoped for flight of space plane Atlantis – the last shuttle out of town. It may be group optimism, but this morning the sky seems more agreeable than first predicted. As for...Atlantis: The Last Shuttle Out of Town
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – Thousands upon thousands of people are expected to arrive here to witness the final NASA space shuttle mission – the flight of Atlantis. So far, the only bit of negative news is the increasing prospect of foul weather delaying the...Atlantis Looking “Go” for Friday, Weather “Not So Go”
Shuttle Atlantis is in great shape to lift off Friday on NASA’s final space shuttle mission. But the weather outlook is looking increasingly stormy, raising the possibility of a delay, space agency officials said Wednesday. The outlook improves some Saturday and...Americans Support U. S. Space Leadership, Even in Difficult Economic Times
Nearly six in 10 Americans believe it is essential for the United States to lead the exploration of space, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The survey, conducted June 15-19, also found that 55 percent of Americans believe NASA’s long running...Weather a Possible Factor for Final Shuttle Launch
Stormy weather could be a factor in the approaching lift off of orbiter Atlantis on the final shuttle flight, NASA officials said Tuesday, as the countdown for the 12-day supply mission to the International Space Station was about to get under way. Lift off from...Atlantis Crew Arrives in Florida for Final Shuttle Mission Countdown, Launch
The Atlantis astronauts arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday, saying they are eager to lift off on the historic final flight of the 30-year space shuttle program. Commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and...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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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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