Report: NASA studies extending shuttle to 2015

SPACE SHUTTLES: Soon To Become 'History'...

By: instgtr

The Space Shuttle "Atlantis" made a perfect on time launch today.  When this mission is over, there will only be one more mission left for Atlantis, after which the spacecraft is scheduled to be retired... It's hard to believe there are a total of only 5 more missions scheduled before the ...

8 days ago

NASA rocket launch advances Moon mission dream

By: arboofti

Friday, October 30, 2009 CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa successfully launched on Wednesday the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020.The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket in the world, blasted off at 11:30 am from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying with it the US space agency’s lofty ...

25 days ago

SpaceX Test Laser Navigation on Shuttle

By: jdangjenn

Private space launch company SpaceX is one step closer to using its Dragon space capsules to make deliveries to the International Space Station. On July 15 Astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour successfully tested SpaceX’s DragonEye laser Navigation sensor system at the ISS. The DragonEye will guide SpaceX’s capsules to the ...

2 months ago

Shuttle Atlantis docks with space station

By: inamshah

The space shuttle Atlantis successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station and the hatch separating the crews was opened for the traditional welcoming ceremony, Nasa said.The shuttle and its six astronauts left Florida's Kennedy Space Centre without a hitch on Monday on a 11-day voyage to deliver a 20,000-pound (9,071-kilogram) ...

6 days ago