UPDATE 2: Shuttle Lands Safely
UPDATE 2: The shuttle landed safe and sound.UPDATE: The weather improved and the shuttle was given the “go” to land at KSC at 9:08 am EDT this morning.ORIGINAL STORY: SHUTTLE STILL TRYING TO GET HOME. NASA managers had to delay Discovery’s...Shuttle Currently Set to Land at 7:34 am EDT Tuesday
NASA is targeting 7:34 am EDT Tuesday for landing Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-131) according to NASA’s space shuttle website. Landing was postponed on Monday due to bad weather at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), FL. A second opportunity for landing at KSC would...Shuttle Landing Postponed to Tomorrow
Bad weather in Florida has forced NASA to delay Discovery’s landing until tomorrow. The first opportunity is at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with landing at 8:33 am. Edwards Air Force Base is an alternate landing site if the poor weather at KSC...South Korea Announces Date for Next Launch
South Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has chosen June 9 as the date for the next launch of the country’s KSLV-1 (or Naro-1) rocket according to the Yonhap News Service. The first launch attempt failed last year when the second stage...Shuttle Landing Delayed by Weather
NASA has waved off the shuttle landing for the first opportunity this morning because of poor weather conditions, but is still hoping that it can land during the second opportunity at 10:23 am EDT. The deorbit burn would take place at 9:17 am if the weather looks...Events of Interest: Week of April 19-23, 2010
The following events may be of interest in the coming week. For further information, check our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. Times, dates and witnesses for congressional hearings are subject to change; check the relevant committee’s...Shuttle Set to Land Tomorrow Morning, Weather Could be a Problem
Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday and is preparing for landing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) tomorrow, Monday, at 8:48 am EDT. The seven member crew of STS-131 delivered seven tons of equipment and supplies to the...NPR’s Science Friday and the Obama Speech
National Public Radio (NPR) devoted its Science Friday show to reaction to the President’s speech about NASA’s future. The guests were Elon Musk of SpaceX, Bill Adkins of Adkins Strategies, and Howard McCurdy of American University (currently a Visiting...Additional reaction to the president’s speech
Source: SpacePolitics.com While published Congressional responses tended to be more negative than positive, the opposite was true in responses from companies and other organizations, although not without some caveats. Not surprisingly, SpaceX founder Elon Musk—who got...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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