NASA managers met Friday and decided to continue processing the shuttle Endeavour for launch June 13 on a five-spacewalk space station assembly mission while continuing an analysis of a short circuit that knocked an avionics unit off line during the shuttle Atlantis’ liftoff May 11. Read More at Spaceflight Now…
Space Shuttle OV-104 Atlantis was launched from pad 39A on May 11 at Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-125, Hubble Servicing Mission SM-4. Read More at SpaceRef…
Opinion: On the 28th October, 1971, the United Kingdom launched its first – and only – satellite to be carried into orbit by a launch vehicle also designed and built in the UK. The Black Arrow launcher placed the Prospero satellite in low earth orbit some three months after the project had been cancelled by [...]
Bad weather thwarted the shuttle Atlantis’ for the second time on Sunday. Read More at SPACE.com…
Atlantis astronauts hope to land Saturday to cap their Hubble repair mission. Read More at SPACE.com…
The European Space Agency will present four new astronauts on Wednesday, its first new recruits since 1992. Read More at BBC News…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ? Atlantis? astronauts gingerly dropped the Hubble Space Telescope overboard Tuesday, sending the restored observatory off on a new voyage of discovery and bidding it farewell on behalf of the planet. Read More at The Oakland Press…
Spacewalking astronauts finished work on the inside of the Hubble Space Telescope today and shut the doors to the treasured observatory, which will never be touched by human hands again. Read More at Detroit Free Press…
To all red-blooded American boys, there are few things cooler than space exploration. As a kid touring the Kennedy Space Center, I remember wishing I could have been around during the Apollo program to see it all for myself.Well, it looks like my childhood dreams are coming true, thanks to NASA’s new Constellation Program. Read [...]
This summer, three cruise ships will glide through Michigan waters and stop at ports in Wyandotte, Mackinac Island, Manistee, Holland and Houghton. But within two years, downtown Detroit hopes to get in on the Michigan cruising action. Read More at Detroit Free Press…