Late in the evening of March 27, the Orion crew module simulator was loaded on a C-17 aircraft for its next step on a mission to complete the next generation of NASA’s apce transportation system. The Orion crew module simulator weighs nearly 20,000 pounds.
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The aerospace industry in Colorado and across the nation is lobbying presidential hopefuls behind the scenes to try to gain more support for space-exploration funding.
NASA released Friday a photograph of the nearly 20,000-pound Orion space capsule mock-up being loaded into a C-17 cargo aircraft on Thursday, March 27, at NASA’s Langley Research Center.
March 26 (Bloomberg) — The Endeavour’s astronauts awoke today for their last day in orbit and prepared to land the NASA shuttle, a descent that will cap the longest construction job ever at the International Space Station.
March 26 (Bloomberg) — Shuttle Endeavour ‘s scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center was delayed by 90 minutes because of poor weather after a record stay at the International Space Station.
March 26 (Bloomberg) — Shuttle Endeavour made a rare night landing after poor weather briefly delayed its scheduled return from a record stay at the International Space Station, where astronauts installed a Japanese laboratory and a Canadian robot.
Florida touchdown under cover of night The space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew landed safely at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center late Wednesday evening, ending the 16-day mission to the International Space Station.…
Kibo, which is managed by a dedicated mission control centre in Japan , will need two more shuttle visits to the ISS before it is completed next year.
The brightest star in the Hampton Roads sky tonight might be a man-made object.
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