(AP) -- Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's expected to be the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Feb 8, 2010
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Space shuttle Endeavour is set to launch Feb. 7 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station. Liftoff is planned for 3:39 a.m. CST, making it the final scheduled space ...
Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2010
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NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.
Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad atop of a giant ...
Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Flight Readiness Review for space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission has concluded, setting the launch date for Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 1:36 a.m. EDT.
Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2009
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the international space station.
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2009
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(AP) -- Thunderstorms once again forced NASA to call off the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Monday, the fifth delay for the space station construction mission.
Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2009
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(AP) -- The Atlantis astronauts uncovered a 21-inch stretch of nicks on their space shuttle Tuesday, but NASA said the damage did not appear to be serious.
Space Exploration
May 12, 2009
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious repair mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated ...
Space Exploration
May 11, 2009
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In a major turnaround, the Obama administration intends this week to order a review of the spacecraft program that NASA had hoped would one day replace the space shuttle, the Orlando Sentinel has learned.
Space Exploration
May 6, 2009
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