Meteors, traffic jeopardize Atlantis launch

TREES IN SPACE!

By: slydog

The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off with a thunderous roar from Florida yesterday with a payload for the International Space Station (ISS). Among the usual pumps and circuit boards and supplies for those spinning high above our troubled orb went some little willow saplings. Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk will be conducting experiments with ...

21 days ago

NASA seeks new emblem for shuttle program

By: dustgeer

  With just five space shuttle flights remaining after Atlantis returns, NASA has invited its past and present space program workers to design an emblem to mark the end of the shuttle era. The winning design will be flown on the shuttle before the fleet retires.   The patch design contest, which began Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 1, ...

21 days ago

Shuttle Atlantis to dock with space station

By: intellectual

The space shuttle Atlantis is heading for a late-morning rendezvous with the International Space Station. The shuttle and the orbiting stations are slated to dock Wednesday at 11:53 a.m. ET. But just before the link-up, Atlantis will perform a pirouette so that cameras at the ISS can do a final check for damage to the thermal tiles on the shuttle'...

20 days ago

Shuttle Atlantis Blasts Off Into Space Monday

By: WordSlinger

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida - The six member crew of Atlantis blasted off Monday at the 2:28 eastern time zone schedule to begin its eleven day mission to deliver more than 27,000 pounds of spare parts to the International Space Station. Some parts are for systems that keep the station from overheating or tumbling through space. ...

22 days ago