http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (AP)—Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband. http://phys.org/news267382344.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:52:33 EST news267382344 (AP)—The last commander of the space shuttle Endeavour said "That's my spaceship" as it flew over Tucson, Ariz., in honor of him and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. http://phys.org/news267377323.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:28:47 EST news267377323 (AP)—Space shuttle Endeavour has departed Houston on its trek west to retirement in a Los Angeles museum. http://phys.org/news267347742.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:30:01 EST news267347742 (AP)—The space shuttle Endeavour will honor former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords with a flyover of her Arizona hometown on its way to the California museum where it will be displayed, the U.S. space agency said Thursday. http://phys.org/news267346954.html Space & Earth Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:02:41 EST news267346954 (AP) -- John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA's administrator to family, friends and students at Ohio State University, where the public affairs school bears his name. http://phys.org/news249020552.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:22:46 EST news249020552 (AP) -- NASA has transferred ownership of the retired space shuttle Endeavour to a California museum. http://phys.org/news237568346.html Space & Earth Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:12:32 EST news237568346 (AP) -- NASA's mighty astronaut corps has become a shadow of what it once was. And it's only going to get smaller. http://phys.org/news230188093.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:08:30 EST news230188093 Mark Kelly, the US astronaut who commanded the final flight by the shuttle Endeavour, announced Tuesday he is retiring to spend more time with his lawmaker wife as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head. http://phys.org/news227879483.html Space & Earth Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:51:40 EST news227879483 (AP) -- The final crew of the space shuttle Endeavour has arrived home in Houston to a cheering crowd of hundreds of co-workers and families. http://phys.org/news226255975.html Space & Earth Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:53:06 EST news226255975 NASA's 30-year shuttle program inched closer to the end Wednesday, wrapping up its next-to-last mission and moving Atlantis to the launch pad for next month's final flight. http://phys.org/news226122455.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:47:58 EST news226122455 Endeavour and its crew of six left the International Space Station and headed home to close out NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, pausing just long enough Monday to perform a victory lap and test equipment for a future interplanetary ship. http://phys.org/news225943630.html Space & Earth Mon, 30 May 2011 03:26:44 EST news225943630 Shuttle Endeavour's' commander, Mark Kelly, can't wait to see his congresswoman wife for the first time from orbit and show her some cosmic views of his spaceship and the planet Earth. http://phys.org/news225616048.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 May 2011 08:07:49 EST news225616048 (AP) -- A day after surgery to repair her skull, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' doctor has dubbed her "gorgeous Gabby," encouraged by how she looks and is communicating after an operation considered a major milestone in her recovery from a gunshot wound. http://phys.org/news225034117.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 May 2011 14:28:52 EST news225034117 (AP) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' recovery isn't slowing down while her astronaut husband speeds around the Earth. http://phys.org/news224911212.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 May 2011 04:20:32 EST news224911212 Endeavour blasted off on NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, thundering through clouds into orbit Monday morning as the mission commander's wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, watched along with an exhilarated crowd estimated in the hundreds of thousands. http://phys.org/news224756167.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 May 2011 09:16:31 EST news224756167 NASA Sunday readied the space shuttle Endeavour for its final mission with liftoff set for 8:56 am (1256 GMT) Monday on the next-to-last flight for the American shuttle program. http://phys.org/news224694611.html Space & Earth Sun, 15 May 2011 16:10:38 EST news224694611 (AP) -- NASA's countdown clocks are ticking again for the next-to-last space shuttle launch. http://phys.org/news224493488.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 May 2011 08:18:22 EST news224493488 (AP) -- The astronauts for NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight are back in Florida for another try at launching into orbit. http://phys.org/news224413185.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 May 2011 09:59:59 EST news224413185 (AP) -- NASA will try again next Monday to launch Endeavour on the next-to-last space shuttle flight, after replacing a switch box and plugging in new electrical wiring http://phys.org/news224175807.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 May 2011 16:03:44 EST news224175807 The next-to-last space shuttle flight has been delayed again, this time to at least the middle of May for extra electrical tests. http://phys.org/news223917643.html Space & Earth Fri, 06 May 2011 16:21:04 EST news223917643 NASA's space shuttles are dragging their tails toward retirement. http://phys.org/news223530016.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 May 2011 04:40:31 EST news223530016 Space shuttle Endeavour's final launch is off until at least the end of the week because technicians need to replace a switch box in the engine compartment, NASA said Sunday. http://phys.org/news223475192.html Space & Earth Sun, 01 May 2011 13:26:45 EST news223475192 (AP) -- Engineers should know Sunday whether Endeavour's six-man crew and their families - including wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords - need to stick around for a Monday launch attempt or come back sometime around Mother's Day. http://phys.org/news223446162.html Space & Earth Sun, 01 May 2011 06:00:02 EST news223446162 (AP) -- The president was on his way. Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts were riding out to the launch pad in a van. And a wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had flown in from her Houston rehab hospital to watch her husband blast off Friday on the historic, next-to-last shuttle mission. http://phys.org/news223297624.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:00:07 EST news223297624 (AP) -- Just a few hours from liftoff, NASA fueled space shuttle Endeavour for one last ride into orbit Friday as hundreds of thousands of visitors began to converge on the coast for prime viewing spots. http://phys.org/news223282589.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:30:01 EST news223282589 The US space shuttle Endeavour is poised to launch Friday carrying a multibillion dollar tool for searching the universe on the penultimate flight for NASA's 30-year program. http://phys.org/news223272890.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:30:01 EST news223272890 (AP) -- Six astronauts have said their goodbyes to their families and are ready to take space shuttle Endeavour on its final flight Friday as hundreds of thousands gather along Florida's Space Coast to cheer the spectacle. http://phys.org/news223271644.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:54:26 EST news223271644 (AP) -- It's a sight many Americans would surely love to see: a recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watching as her astronaut husband blasts off into space. http://phys.org/news223271595.html Space & Earth Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:53:35 EST news223271595 (AP) -- Florida Space Coast hotels are sold out, residents are renting bedrooms and restaurants are doubling food supplies as thousands of tourists arriving for Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour are boosting a region fearing its economic future. http://phys.org/news223205125.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:25:37 EST news223205125 (AP) -- NASA officials say they're pleased that space shuttle Endeavour's final launch is expected to attract more than a half-million visitors Friday, including President Barack Obama. http://phys.org/news223129846.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:31:00 EST news223129846