May 18, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Why Space
Paul Livingstone, Senior Editor at R&D Magazine has written an interesting update on NASA, university and industry looks at space-based research. Livingstone’s article is as follows, reprinted here with permission: Space biotech: growing industry or space shot?...
May 6, 2010 | Coalition News, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
From SpaceflightNow.com: NASA clears shuttle Atlantis for a May 14 lift off on the 25-year-old orbiter’s final scheduled mission. The launching period will last through May 18. After four launch attempts in five day, the 12-day flight will slip to late June to...
May 6, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Coalition News, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
From the Orlando Sentinel — It’s been less than a month since President Obama outlined his space policy in a Florida speech (April 15 at the Kennedy Space Center). However, it appears the White House direction has little traction, according to the OS....
May 4, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA, Space Shuttle
Source: Florida Today Flame Trench NASA expects to have enough money to continue flying the shuttle into February 2011, but has no plans to fly any missions beyond the three remaining, officials said today. Atlantis is next up, on track to launch May 14 on what is its...
Apr 27, 2010 | Blog, International Space Station, NASA, Space Shuttle
Source: Florida Today NASA has flip-flopped the final two shuttle missions, with Endeavour now expected to fly last, a 12-day flight that could bring the program to an end during the holiday season. Targeted for sometime in November, Endeavour’s mission...
Apr 23, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Spaceports
It is official. Mexico’s congress green-lighted this week the creation of a “Mexican NASA”. The new agency is called AEXA (Agencia Espacial Mexicana). AEXA will specialize in the promotion, coordination and encouragement of all matters relating to the research,...
Apr 22, 2010 | Exploration, Space Race, Space Research, Space Shuttle
All appears on schedule for tonight’s maiden flight of the reusable X-37B space plane. This U.S. Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, will be boosted into orbit atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas booster. Its mission is to demonstrate a reliable, reusable,...
Apr 21, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA, Space Shuttle
Source: Orlando Sentinel Space shuttle Discovery landed today at Kennedy Space Center after a 15-day mission to the International Space Station. Now the real countdown begins and those wishing to see the last of the shuttle launches have only three shots left —...
Apr 21, 2010 | Blog, Education, Exploration, NASA, Space Shuttle
Source: US News and World Report 1. The space shuttle was the first reusable, human-carrying spacecraft designed to orbit around Earth. 2. Space shuttles have four fundamental elements: the orbiter craft, two rocket boosters, an external fuel tank, and the engines. 3....
Apr 12, 2010 | NASA, Space Shuttle
Source: Houston Chronicle There are 21 other bids, with some bearing political baggage WASHINGTON — Houston faces stiff competition from across the country in its bid to permanently display one of the three aging space shuttles that NASA will hand over to...