Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2013
Ten years since loss of space shuttle Columbia
NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia 10 years ago Friday and 12 children lost a parent.
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Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2013
Planners for hypersonic SpaceLiner craft propose a 50 year timeline
(Phys.org)—Martin Sippel, project coordinator for the SpaceLiner project has announced that the German Aerospace Center believes it can plan, build and launch a suborbital craft capable of flying from Europe to Australia ...
Space Exploration
Jan 23, 2013
University of Arizona grad student sends research into space and back; Earns top professional honors
Not many students can say they had to wait for their research to come back from space before they could collect their doctorate degrees. And not many can say that along the way they earned the top award in their professional ...
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2013
Private test pilots to fly first commercial crewed space flights for NASA
Commercial test pilots, not NASA astronauts, will fly the first crewed missions that NASA hopes will at last restore America's capability to blast humans to Earth orbit from American soil – perhaps as early as 2015 – ...
Engineering
Dec 19, 2012
Data storage: Nanoscale memory device uses freely moving mechanical shuttle to improve performance
A loose and rattling part in your cell phone is generally a cause for concern. Like most other electronic devices, your phone works by moving electrons through fixed circuit pathways. If electrons are not sufficiently contained ...
Space Exploration
Nov 3, 2012
Shuttle prototype Enterprise suffers storm damage
(AP)—The flying machine that ushered in NASA's space shuttle program has suffered storm damage in New York City.
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2012
Final trek for space shuttle Atlantis (Update 2)
(AP)—Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest.
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2012
Last US shuttle's retirement means job losses
(AP)—Space shuttle Atlantis isn't going far to its retirement home. Early Friday, it will move just 10 miles (16 kilometers) to Kennedy Space Center's main tourist stop to be put on display in Florida.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2012
Space shuttle Endeavour goes on public display
(AP)—The final home of space shuttle Endeavour is opening its doors to the public.
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2012
Shuttle inches toward retirement home at LA museum
At every turn of Endeavour's stop-and-go commute through urban streets, a constellation of spectators trailed along as the space shuttle ploddingly nosed past stores, schools, churches and front yards.
