Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set

Access platforms at Launch Pad 39A are moved into position against Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery arrived at its seaside launch pad and was hard down at 6:06 a.m. EDT on May 3. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder


Jules Verne ATV launch rescheduled to March 9

Mar 03, 2008

Arianespace and the European Space Agency confirm today that the launch of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle, is delayed 24 hours due to a technical concern about the ATV/Ariane 5 launcher ...


GLAST spacecraft arrives in Florida to prepare for launch

Mar 07, 2008

NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for launch. Liftoff of GLAST aboard ...


Delta II Rocket Coming Together for NASA's GLAST Satellite Launch

Apr 14, 2008

The Delta II 7920-H, or "Heavy," rocket that will launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...


Discovery Ready for Final Assembly and Checkout

Apr 28, 2008

Space shuttle Discovery rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, where the shuttle's external tank and two solid rocket boosters await. Discovery was ...


Discovery Set for Saturday Launch to Space Station

May 27, 2008

Space shuttle Discovery is in place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A and remaining work is on schedule for liftoff May 31 at 5:02 p.m. EDT.


Excitement Builds as GLAST Readies Its Gamma-ray Vision

May 30, 2008

Scientists around the world are excited about all the things that the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is going to uncover after it launches on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...


Shuttle Discovery Launches With Japanese Laboratory

Jun 01, 2008

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:02 p.m. EDT Saturday to deliver and install a Japanese laboratory on the International Space Station. The ...


Last-ever look at ESA's gravity satellite GOCE

Sep 04, 2008

(PhysOrg.com) -- As preparations for the launch of GOCE on 10 September continue on schedule, an important milestone has just been achieved as engineers at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia say farewell ...