With the new “Star Trek” movie beaming into local theaters next week, fans of the long-running science-fiction series can be forgiven for feeling some Trekker trepidation. Read More at Newsday…
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. Read More at MSNBC…
Space agency now looking at 2020 before giant rocket lifts off Read More at Contra Costa Times…
NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon are quietly being revised and are in danger of slipping past 2020. Read More at Sun-Sentinel…
Two space shuttles now sit out on the launch pads at Kennedy Space Center: Atlantis on 39A for the much anticipated Hubble Repair mission, scheduled to launch on May 12. Over on 39B sits Endeavour, which made the slow journey there early on Friday and she is now poised for the STS-400 LON [...] Read [...]
The space shuttle Endeavour rolled out to a Florida launch pad on Friday to stand by for an unprecedented rescue mission NASA hopes it never has to fly. Read More at SPACE.com via Yahoo! News…
The space shuttle Endeavour was hauled to launch pad 38B early Friday for work to ready the ship for a flight NASA hopes will never happen. Read More at CNET…
Endeavour rolls out to launch pad to serve as rescue ship should Atlantis get into trouble next month. Read More at Fox News…
Facing a tight budget, a 2010 deadline to end space shuttle operations and a lack of concrete political support to fund additional flights or stretch out the current manifest, NASA managers are meeting this week to discuss the impact of ending efforts that have been keeping open the option of extending the shuttle program past [...]
In the 1970s the NRO and the Navy developed a new series of spacecraft designed to monitor naval vessels on the high seas. Dwayne Day describes the history of this effort, which until recently had been shrouded in secrecy. Read More at The Space Review…