Space Shuttle Atlantis Crew Set to Land in Florida Friday
SpaceRef - Wed Nov 25, 6:28 pm ETSpace shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Friday, Nov. 27, after an 11-day mission.
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Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on Friday, Nov. 27, after an 11-day mission.
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Lynchburg-born astronaut Leland Melvin is roughly 230 miles above Earth, but that’s not stopping him from talking to his fans. Melvin, a University of Richmond graduate, is beaming missives to land-based space enthusiasts via Twitter under the name “Astro_Flow.“ “An amazingly beautiful launch & long day,“ Melvin said in a Twitter message dated Nov. 18 at 10:14 a.m. “Looked out the overhead ...
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will present astronaut Fred Haise, Jr., with NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award during a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Gorenflo Elementary School in Biloxi, Miss. Haise will present the award, consisting of a moon rock encased in Lucite for display, to Paul Tisdale, superintendent of the Biloxi Public School System, and Tina Thompson, the school's ...
Astronauts Recognize Accomplishments of Glenn Workers
Astronaut spacesuits. A piece of the space shuttle's leading wing edge. Even the NASA version of Tang. Yes, it's all available, as NASA prepares to give away everything from the Space Shuttle program that it won't be using for the future Constellation program.
HOUSTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- NASA said there was another false fire alarm Tuesday morning aboard the International Space Station -- the third such false alarm during the STS-129 mission.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new dad in space, shuttle astronaut Randolph Bresnik, said today he had no problems focusing on his job while awaiting his daughter’s birth.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's new dad in space, shuttle astronaut Randy Bresnik, said Tuesday he had no problems focusing on his job while awaiting his daughter's birth.
The crew of the shuttle Atlantis plans to spend today wrapping up work at the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for departure tomorrow.
The 12 crew members onboard the International Space Station and space shuttle Atlantis will prepare to part today. They will pack up their final items and close the hatches that divide the two spacecraft in preparation for undocking tomorrow.The crew woke at 12:58 a.m.
Southwest Florida may experience the space shuttle's sonic boom if it makes the first landing attempt on Friday.
NASA says it will honor astronaut Fred Haise Jr. by presenting him with the space agency's Ambassador of Exploration Award.
Tesla Motors is close to a deal to build an electric car factory at the site of a former NASA manufacturing plant in this...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new dad in space, shuttle astronaut Randolph Bresnik, said Tuesday he had no problems focusing on his job while awaiting his daughter's birth.
Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis began the third and final spacewalk of their mission aimed at building the International Space Station, NASA reported on Monday.