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(AP) -- Astronauts climbed aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for an afternoon liftoff to the space station, as the sky over the launching site gradually cleared. http://www.physorg.com/news177603466.html Space & Earth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:18:17 EST news177603466 (PhysOrg.com) -- In readiness for launch on 2 November, ESA`s SMOS and Proba-2 satellites - encapsulated in the launcher fairing - have been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. http://www.physorg.com/news175955862.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:01 EST news175955862 (AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175930078.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:40:02 EST news175930078 (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 crawler-transporter at approximately 7:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news175257006.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:30:34 EST news175257006 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Expedition 20 crew members had a light-duty work day and performed a variety of maintenance and science-related tasks Monday as they prepare for a busy week aboard the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news173459010.html Space & Earth Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:10:02 EST news173459010 (AP) -- Workers at Russia's manned space-launch facility lifted to the launch pad on Monday a rocket that is to send Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two astronauts to the International Space Station. http://www.physorg.com/news173354908.html Space & Earth Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:30:02 EST news173354908 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will swiftly propel the crew capsule away from the nose of the Ares I rocket and out of harm's way in case of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent to orbit. http://www.physorg.com/news166285466.html Space & Earth Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:25:03 EST news166285466 NASA's Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, is scheduled to be tested June 15 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The launch window extends from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT. http://www.physorg.com/news163352117.html Space & Earth Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:37:12 EST news163352117 (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 observatory to new scientific heights. http://www.physorg.com/news161272307.html Space & Earth Mon, 11 May 2009 14:52:06 EST news161272307 (AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour is on a launch pad, ready to rocket off on a rescue mission if shuttle Atlantis needs help when it flies to repair the Hubble Space Telescope next month. http://www.physorg.com/news159193884.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:32:02 EST news159193884 (AP) -- NASA feels it has a good shot at sending shuttle Discovery to the international space station on Sunday following repairs out at the launch pad. http://www.physorg.com/news156165994.html Space & Earth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:27:03 EST news156165994 (PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. http://www.physorg.com/news156008237.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:38:39 EST news156008237 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket set to launch NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory is now fully assembled at Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. http://www.physorg.com/news154281238.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:54:51 EST news154281238 NASA's Kepler spacecraft is on its way to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life. http://www.physorg.com/news154281121.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:52:42 EST news154281121 At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers are engaged in the executive-level Flight Readiness Review, or FRR, to evaluate Discovery`s readiness for launch. http://www.physorg.com/news152900011.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:14:14 EST news152900011 (PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Endeavour began moving off Launch Pad 39B at NASA`s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning at 8:28. It will take about seven hours to reposition the shuttle for launch on Launch Pad 39A. Launch is targeted for Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST. http://www.physorg.com/news143990296.html Space & Earth Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:18:16 EST news143990296 (PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 30. Atlantis is targeted to lift off Oct. 8 to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. http://www.physorg.com/news138986454.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:20:54 EST news138986454