Rain and bad weather forced NASA officials to delay space shuttle Discovery’s scheduled landing early Monday. “An unexpected cloud ceiling settled over the Kennedy Space Center area preventing space shuttle Discovery’s first landing opportunity,” NASA said in a statement. The space agency said the shuttle would make a second landing attempt early Tuesday. Discovery’s 14-day [...]
Due to bad weather, the launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been called off. Officials at NASA decided not to launch the shuttle after clouds enveloped Cape Canaveral early Sunday morning. Visibly upset, shuttle commander George Zamka said, “Sometimes you just got to make the call. We understand and we’ll give it another try tomorrow [...]
Space shuttle Atlantis returns from it’s 11-day delivery mission and lands safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Atlantis’ seven-man crew delivered mission-critical spare parts to keep the international space station afloat. NASA said the parts the crew delivered will add years to the station’s life after the space shuttle fleet is retired [...]
NASA said Friday that astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound–alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure. However, no serious trouble was detected after a check. NASA said that depressurization-caution alarms sounded just after 8:30 p.m. ET Thursday, waking the shuttle and station crew. [...]
Space shuttle Discovery‘s astronauts are checking their ship for any signs of launch damage as they steer closer to the international space station for a Sunday linkup. The routine survey began early Saturday evening and lasted until the wee hours of Sunday. No fuel tank debris was observed hitting Discovery during Friday’s midnight liftoff, NASA [...]
Mexico‘s President invited a NASA astronaut of Mexican descent to dinner when he returns to Earth, which was promptly accepted. President Felipe Calderon told Jose Hernandez that he is “very happy that your are putting Mexico’s name in space.” Hernandez is the son of Mexican migrant workers and was born in California. He spent his [...]
The Space Shuttle Endeavor crew from right: Commander Chris Ferguson, Mission Specialists, Steve Bowen, Heidimarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialsts Sandra Magnus, Donald Petit, and Shane Kimbrough. Photo by AP Photo/Chris O’Meara With it’s “home improvement” crew of astronauts, the Space Shuttle Endeavor are blasting off into the night sky after being assured of [...]
Photo from AP Photo/Jim Dietz The Cape Canaveral crew are now prepping the Space Shuttle Endeavour for a nighttime launch on a space station remodeling mission. Preparations include filling the shuttle’s external tanks with liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen at 10:30 a.m. Friday. NASA officials calculated that the weather has a 70% chance of giving [...]
