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Under picture-perfect weather, the space shuttle Atlantis landed on the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Runway 33 at 09:44 am EST (1444 GMT), wrapping up the successful STS-129 assembly flight to the International Space Station (ISS). After 10 days and 19 hours into space and more than 4.4 million miles traveled ar... |
27 November 2009
10:04 GMT |
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After separating from the International Space Station (ISS) early Wednesday, and spending Thanksgiving in space on Thursday, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis are currently getting ready to return home. They are scheduled to touch down on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Flor... |
27 November 2009
05:04 GMT |
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Today, astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle Atlantis, both currently in space, will pause for a moment from their daily activities, to celebrate Thanksgiving in microgravity. Twelve crew members are in space at this time, seven on the shuttle, and five on the orbital laboratory, S... |
26 November 2009
08:39 GMT |
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Two astronauts from the crew of space shuttle Atlantis managed to successfully complete all of the tasks allotted to them in the third spacewalk of the STS-129 assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The third and last extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Atlantis flight took place yesterday, but ... |
24 November 2009
03:00 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency NASA praise their own achievement, of launching the fifth shuttle flight for this year, a launch rate that has not been achieved since 2002, before Columbia's disaster. In the STS-129 mission, the shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Launch Pad 39A facility at the Kennedy ... |
17 November 2009
01:51 GMT |
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NASA mission controllers and planners have decided that the space shuttle Atlantis is in excellent shape to fly tomorrow, on the STS-129 assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft will take off from the Launch Pad 39A complex at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It w... |
15 November 2009
06:04 GMT |
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The space shuttle Atlantis has finally been cleared for its November 16 flight to the International Space Station (ISS), officials at the American space agency announce. They say that all preliminary issues associated with the new launch have been taken care of, and that problems that may appear in the future will be... |
31 October 2009
06:16 GMT |
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Though some experts argued yesterday that the new suborbital test flight for the American space agency's ARES I-X rocket was not a complete success, the reality couldn't be farther from the truth, NASA says in a press release on its official website. According to the notice, the two-minute powered flight we... |
29 October 2009
04:32 GMT |
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After yesterday's weather around the Kennedy Space Center did not allow for the prototype ARES I-X rocket to lift off, mission managers finally got a break in the weather today. Originally planned for 8 am EDT (1200GMT), the first launch of a new NASA rocket in more than 25 years took place at 1130 EDT (1530GMT)... |
28 October 2009
12:06 GMT |
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Originally, the launch date for NASA's new prototype rocket was set for yesterday, October 27. Everything went according to plan, and the craft was rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) with time to spare. An 8 am EDT (1200 GMT) launch time was targeted, but the built-in safety delay was... |
28 October 2009
05:19 GMT |
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Mission managers at the American space agency have just announced that they scrubbed the ARES I-X launch attempt that was scheduled for earlier today, on account of cloudy weather and powerful winds around the rocket. There were numerous attempts as the team tried to set the countdown clock rolling again, but there w... |
27 October 2009
11:39 GMT |
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For the first time in the history of the American space agency, the Kennedy Space Center has two completely different rockets poised for take-off at their respective launch pads. Both of the designs already carry, or will carry in the near future, astronauts to the low-Earth orbit, or other destinations closer to hom... |
27 October 2009
03:06 GMT |
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Debris falling off the external fuel tank was the main reason why space shuttle Columbia was lost on February 1, 2003. The flying foam breached the structural integrity of the heat shield, and broke a few ceramic tiles apart. Upon atmospheric reentry, the spacecraft's wing came under extreme stress from soaring ... |
26 October 2009
04:54 GMT |
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According to a statement released by NASA officials yesterday, the new prototype ARES I-X rocket may not fly on Tuesday after all, if the weather over the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, does not clear up. After a number of delays and aborted test flights, the spacecraft, the first new delivery syst... |
26 October 2009
02:52 GMT |
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For the first time in more than 27 years, NASA has opened the doors of its Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to let through a new class of rockets, the precursors of the ARES I delivery system. The ARES I-X prototype booster stands 327 feet (100 meters) tall, and... |
20 October 2009
10:53 GMT |
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On October 18, 1989, the Galileo Jupiter mission was launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, during STS-34. It was scheduled to arrive in the gas giant's orbit on December 7, 1995, but it had to follow a very complex path through the solar syste... |
20 October 2009
02:40 GMT |
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In spite of announcing earlier that the new ARES I-X prototype rocket would be rolled to its launch pad a few days earlier than first planned, NASA steps out again to inform people that the rollout will be delayed by at least a day. The reschedule is due to a fault in the prototype's steering system, and, appare... |
16 October 2009
16:01 GMT |
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In spite of the uncertainties plaguing the future launch of space shuttle Atlantis, the spacecraft was rolled out to its launch pad early on Wednesday, in anticipation of its November take-off date. It will take to the International Space Station (ISS) from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Ca... |
15 October 2009
01:55 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA decided to perform some last-minute adjustments to the schedule of space shuttle Atlantis, which is due to fly the STS-129 (assembly flight ULF3) to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch has been set for November 12, although the actual take-off is still uncertain. There are... |
12 October 2009
06:45 GMT |
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According to experts at the American space agency, the test flight of ARES I-X, the prototype of NASA's new Moon rocket, has been targeted for October 27, a full four days earlier than the original date, of October 31st. Officials made the announcement on Tuesday, and said that the demonstration booster for the ... |
23 September 2009
03:02 GMT |
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After about two days spent on route, during which it flew across the continental United States, the space shuttle Discovery finally reached its home port at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:05 pm EDT (1605 GMT) on Monday, September 21st. It was delivered by its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA... |
22 September 2009
04:01 GMT |
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After its landing in California on September 12th, the space shuttle Discovery remained there until last week, undergoing preparations for its return flight to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida. The spacecraft was forced to land at the Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, because significant thunders... |
21 September 2009
03:55 GMT |
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Despite having not one, but two landing windows yesterday, the space shuttle Discovery was unable to take advantage of any of them, as stormy clouds and thunderstorms loomed over the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA officials, the seven-member crew aboard the spacecraft have another... |
11 September 2009
01:16 GMT |
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The STS-128 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to conclude today, with the planned landing of space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. There are two landing windows for the spacecraft, one at 7:05 pm EDT (2305 GMT), and another at 8:42 pm EDT (0... |
10 September 2009
03:49 GMT |
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At 11:59 pm EDT (0359 August 29th GMT), the space shuttle Discovery took off from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, California, on its 13-day journey to the International Space Station (ISS). The midnight launch went without a hitch, despite earlier concerns over a hydrogen fuel val... |
29 August 2009
04:35 GMT |
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Despite the forecast showing 80 percent chances of good weather for Tuesday morning, Mother Nature played a bad joke on NASA mission controllers and the seven-astronaut crew preparing to board space shuttle Discovery for the STS-128 assembly flight to the International Space Station (ISS). In the wee hours of the m... |
25 August 2009
04:49 GMT |
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Late on Sunday, officials at the US space agency NASA cleared the space shuttle Discovery for launch on the STS-128 assembly mission to the International Space Station. The flight is scheduled to begin at 1:36 am EDT (0536 GMT), from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The sh... |
24 August 2009
05:56 GMT |
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A couple of weeks before space shuttles are launched from the Kennedy Space Center, at the Cape Canaveral complex in Florida, they are taken out on a five-kilometer cruise atop the massive, Apollo-era Crawler-Transporter (CT), the second largest tracked vehicle in the world. This giant beast of burden takes the shutt... |
5 August 2009
01:48 GMT |
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The American space agency NASA has recently released a few pictures of the amazing new rocket that it is preparing for a first test flight later this year. The images reveal that astounding ARES I-X delivery system taking shape in the Vehicle Assembly Building, at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.... |
4 August 2009
09:50 GMT |
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The space shuttle Endeavor successfully touched down at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 0948 EDT (1448 GMT) today, in a picture-perfect procedure that could be watched online at NASA TV. Having successfully completed its 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the shuttle crew is now scheduled to e... |
31 July 2009
11:05 GMT |
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According to weather predictions released by the American space agency's weather office, the space shuttle Endeavor has a 40-percent chance of launching tomorrow, July 11th. The problem is mostly owed to the fact that clouds and incoming storms over the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, are... |
10 July 2009
16:01 GMT |
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According to a press release published recently on NASA's official website, the agency will perform a full external tank loading test tomorrow (July 1st), in order to accurately assess if the repairs made on the space shuttle Endeavor's external hydrogen tank were successful. The importance of these tests c... |
30 June 2009
02:39 GMT |
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The American space agency announced this morning that the space shuttle Endeavor would not be able to launch today on its STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. A leak in a hydrogen gas tank appeared in the same spot as the one that led to the cancellation of the flight on June 13th, and, after about an ... |
17 June 2009
02:34 GMT |
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NASA experts announced on Sunday that they would try to launch the space shuttle Endeavor towards the International Space Station on Wednesday, June 17th, despite the fact that this date would put the STS-127 mission in direct conflict with the launch of the LRO/LCROSS lunar probes. Officials said that it was all a m... |
15 June 2009
01:51 GMT |
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NASA has just recently announced that the space shuttle Endeavor will not launch today (June 13th), because engineers found a fuel leak on one of its tanks. As a result, the launch will be delayed for at least 1 to 4 days, depending on how fast the team can get the damage fixed. To make matters worse, the adjacent co... |
13 June 2009
04:47 GMT |
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According to news coming in from the American space agency, the space shuttle Endeavor has been authorized to take off on Saturday, June 13th, from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The flight will deliver two new modules to the International Space Station, and the crew, in a ser... |
12 June 2009
04:32 GMT |
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The American space agency will complete this week two historic milestones in its strife to have the ARES I-X test vehicle ready to launch by later this summer. With the preparations at Launch Pad 39B now underway, after the facility was transferred from the shuttle program to Project Constellation, NASA is working ha... |
12 June 2009
03:54 GMT |
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After a two-day trek atop its Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Boeing 747 jumbo jet, the orbiter Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday evening, under the gaze of large crowds gathered on route for the occasion. After landing safely at the Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California on Ma... |
4 June 2009
16:01 GMT |
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On Saturday, June 20, an American couple will get married in the weightlessness of an aircraft dive, inside a plane known as The Vomit Comet. The two New Yorkers, Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan, will tie the knot in this fashion because they have both been fascinated by space since their early years, and also because ... |
4 June 2009
05:52 GMT |
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Following Sunday's move, when the space shuttle Endeavor was moved from Launch Pad 39B to Launch Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the former launch facility officially passed from the Shuttle Program to Project Constellation. Over the next months, the pad will be heavily modified... |
2 June 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Despite fears that it will not be able to take off due to technical issues, the space shuttle Atlantis took to the air yesterday, June 1, atop a shuttle carrier aircraft (SCA) Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The 100-ton orbiter was eventually installed without problems on its support, and every last piece of equipment had alre... |
2 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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On Sunday, NASA's engineers managed to successfully move the space shuttle Endeavor from one Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch pad to the other, in an eight-hour trek that marked the beginning of preparations for the craft's June 13th planned spaceflight to the International Space Station. Until yesterday, ... |
1 June 2009
02:38 GMT |
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Today, the American space agency may begin transporting its space shuttle Atlantis back to the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, after the spacecraft's successful Sunday landing at the Edwards Air Force Base, in Southern California. However, the move may not be done today, despite the schedule, mostly because of... |
30 May 2009
05:28 GMT |
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Despite the fact that it planned on building on the momentum caused by the STS-125 shuttle repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA found itself forced to consider delaying the STS-127 assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by at least a day. The seven-astronaut crew that will fly to the ... |
29 May 2009
14:01 GMT |
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Engineers working with the Hubble Space Telescope have recently said that they are extremely pleased with the instrument's new performances, made possible through the most complex orbital mission in history, space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125. The 13-day excursion saw the complete overhaul of the famous observ... |
27 May 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis had only two landing windows today, one on the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 10:11 am EDT (1411 GMT), and the other at the Edwards Air Force Base, in Southern California, at 11:40 am EDT (1540 GMT). After bad weather made the KSC landing impossible, NASA mission contro... |
24 May 2009
14:14 GMT |
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Despite the fact that the space shuttle Atlantis had three landing windows and five landing opportunities yesterday, the weather surrounding the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, and the Edwards Air Force base, in Southern California, did not cooperate with the astronauts. At the spaceport, severe thunderstorms,... |
24 May 2009
03:45 GMT |
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The seven-astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis have spent another day in space, after both their landing windows at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, have failed due to bad weather, heavy rain, clouds and strong winds. The streak has been going on for a few days, and Mission Control has no way of know... |
23 May 2009
04:16 GMT |
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The seven-astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis was told by Mission Control that it would have to spend a little more time in space, on account of the fact that the weather around the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, didn't look great. STS-125 Entry Flight Director Norm Knight announced that there wa... |
22 May 2009
02:26 GMT |
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After successfully completing the most complex space mission ever, of repairing the ailing Hubble Space Telescope in five back-to-back spacewalks, the seven-astronaut crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis is currently working hard on getting the spacecraft ready for its Friday landing at the Kennedy Space Center, in... |
21 May 2009
10:18 GMT |
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