News tagged with shuttle

Atlantis 'Go' For Launch to Station on Nov. 16

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled ...

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 29, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (32) | 36

(AP) -- Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.

NASA's Ares I-X moon rocket makes first test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 28, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (25) | 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight.

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 25, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (7) | 5

NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.

Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 23, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (12) | 23

(AP) -- NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 9

(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 ...

Galileo's Jupiter Journey Began Two Decades Ago

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 19, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galileo spacecraft began what would become a 14-year odyssey of exploration 20 years ago this Sunday, Oct. 18. Galileo was humanity's first emissary to orbit a planet in the outer solar ...

NASA Updates Shuttle Atlantis Target Launch Date

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Oct 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is targeting Nov. 16 for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA Launches Tweetup for Space Shuttle Atlantis Liftoff in Florida

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Oct 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, NASA Twitter followers are invited to view a space shuttle launch in person at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA Invites Young People to Take Virtual Space Station Spacewalks

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine the thrill of floating out of the International Space Station and into the emptiness of space and what it would be like to work on the orbiting science laboratory.

First NASA Astronaut on Twitter Tops a Million Followers

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Oct 06, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first astronaut to tweet from space has passed another social media milestone. NASA's Mike Massimino, known as @Astro_Mike on Twitter, now shares his daily experiences with more than a million followers ...

Space Radar Reveals Topography of Tsunami Site

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two color-coded perspective views of the Independent State of Samoa (left) and American Samoa (right), generated with digital elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, illustrate ...

The naked truth about our landscape

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 01, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 0

Australia has been stripped bare of vegetation to expose the surface that lies beneath.

ORMatE returns to NRL after nearly 2 years in Earth orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 30, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Completing an 18-month mission orbiting the Earth more than 6,000 times on-orbit the International Space Station (ISS), the Optical Reflector Material Experiment (ORMatE-1) returns to Washington, D.C., to ...