Atlantis crew begins final Hubble repairs
May 18, 2009 – 7:49 am
The Atlantis crew planned to give the 19-year-old observatory another fresh set of batteries and a new sensor for pointing, among other upgrades. Read More at Detroit Free Press…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Crew inspects Atlantis while chasing Hubble
May 12, 2009 – 3:34 pm
Seven astronauts blasted off on the space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope ? an extraordinarily ambitious mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights. Read More at MSNBC…
Atlantis speeds toward Hubble
May 12, 2009 – 7:50 am
Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on a daring repair mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights. Read More at Detroit News…
Michigan Native Heading To Space
May 11, 2009 – 3:43 pm
An astronaut from Michigan is one of the people on board a space flight to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Read More at ClickOnDetroit…
NASA’s Human Space Flight Program To Get Reviewed
May 10, 2009 – 3:27 pm
by Launchspace Staff Bethesda, MD (SPX) May 11. 2009 Just last week the Obama Administration announced an independent review of NASA’s human space flight plans. Read More at SpaceDaily…
From Earth To Moon Redux: How The Next Moonshot Will Happen [Space]
May 9, 2009 – 3:54 pm
May 2019: Our scheduled return to the moon. There’s plenty of laboring to be done on the Constellation Program before then, but the foundation is set. Here’s how you?as an astronaut?would… Read More at Gizmodo…
Budget May Affect NASA Moon Plan
May 7, 2009 – 3:31 pm
The NASA budget released by President Barack Obama Thursday has some worried that the plan to return U.S. astronauts to the moon may be in jeopardy. Read More at WESH 2 Orlando…
3 experienced Hubble men on seven-person crew
May 7, 2009 – 3:22 pm
Associated Press – May 7, 2009 1:15 PM ET CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Three experienced Hubble Space Telescope fliers are on shuttle Atlantis’ seven-person crew. Read More at KFDA-TV Amarillo…
Will NASA keep flying shuttles?
May 7, 2009 – 7:21 am
New budget details suggest what may be in store for NASA in the future Read More at ABC 13 Houston…
Mission preview: One last shuttle visit to Hubble
May 6, 2009 – 4:10 pm
NASA’s fifth and final mission to service and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope will add one of the most dramatic chapters yet to an ongoing saga that reads like “The Perils of Pauline.” Read More at Spaceflight Now…