Boston Herald: Cirque founder clowns around in space

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

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 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) ...

20 days ago

NASA: Ares 1 To Launch Next Tuesday...

By: instgtr

The first Launch of the Ares 1 (which is slated to replace the aging Space Shuttle) is scheduled for October 27th, 2009... The Spacecraft, which is the first "new" design in 25 years has been moved to the Launch pad and so far, everything is going as planned... Ares can carry up to 6 astronauts at one time and is being planned to ...

about 1 month ago