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NASA Sets Launch Dates for Remaining Space Shuttle Missions

NASA Sets Launch Dates for Remaining Space Shuttle Missions

   Following a detailed, integrated assessment, NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010.

Posted : Tue, Jul 08, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Astronaut Barbara Morgan to Leave NASA

Astronaut Barbara Morgan to Leave NASA

   Veteran space shuttle astronaut Barbara R. Morgan will leave NASA in August to become an educator at Idaho's Boise State University.

Posted : Sun, Jun 29, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Honors Apollo 13 Astronaut John Swigert

NASA Honors Apollo 13 Astronaut John Swigert

   NASA will honor the late astronaut John "Jack" L. Swigert, Jr., with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his involvement in the U.S. space program.

Posted : Tue, May 20, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Astronaut to Receive the Royal Treatment

NASA Astronaut to Receive the Royal Treatment

   NASA astronaut Clay Anderson will be honored at the Kansas City Royals baseball game on May 15.

Posted : Fri, May 02, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Astronauts to Make Virtual Connection With Students

Astronauts to Make Virtual Connection With Students

   Through NASA's Digital Learning Network (DLN), students at five middle schools and an invited student audience at Goddard will talk to the shuttle crew.

Posted : Tue, Apr 29, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Shuttle Crew to Visit NASA Headquarters, Available for Interviews

Shuttle Crew to Visit NASA Headquarters, Available for Interviews

   One week after the landing of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew, NASA Headquarters in Washington is preparing to welcome the astronauts of the STS-120 crew.

Posted : Sat, Feb 23, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Updates STS-123 Launch Rehearsal Information

NASA Updates STS-123 Launch Rehearsal Information

   NASA is updating television coverage and media access information for the practice countdown of the next space shuttle flight, STS-123.

Posted : Fri, Feb 22, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Announces Space Shuttle Launch Targets

NASA Announces Space Shuttle Launch Targets

   NASA Friday announced Feb. 7 as the target launch date for shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission to the International Space Station and mid-March for the launch of Endeavour on STS-123.

Posted : Mon, Jan 14, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

MIT to lead ambitious lunar mission

MIT to lead ambitious lunar mission

   MIT will lead a $375 million mission to map the moon's interior and reconstruct its thermal history.

Posted : Mon, Dec 17, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

Shuttle Discovery Crew Returns Home After Successful Mission

Shuttle Discovery Crew Returns Home After Successful Mission

   The space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday at 1:01 p.m. EST after completing a 15-day journey of more than 6.2 million miles in space.

Posted : Thu, Nov 08, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Seeks Proposals for Constellation Moon Suit

NASA Seeks Proposals for Constellation Moon Suit

   NASA has issued a request for proposals from industry for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system for Constellation Program voyages to the International Space Station and the moon.

Posted : Sat, Oct 06, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Assigns Crew for Space Station Assembly Mission

NASA Assigns Crew for Space Station Assembly Mission

   NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Endeavour's STS-126 mission, targeted for launch in September 2008.

Posted : Sat, Oct 06, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

MIT tether could aid asteroid missions

MIT tether could aid asteroid missions

   Using a tether system devised by MIT researchers, astronauts could one day stroll across the surface of small asteroids, collecting samples and otherwise exploring these rocks in space without floating away.

Posted : Thu, Sep 27, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

MIT hosts sneak preview of Apollo missions film

MIT hosts sneak preview of Apollo missions film

   Many of the engineers who developed the Apollo guidance system at MIT in the 1960s and 1970s were among the standing-room-only crowd that gathered Sept. 10 on campus for a special sneak preview of the documentary film, "In the Shadow of the Moon."

Posted : Wed, Sep 19, 2007

Category : Entertainment / Movies News

GSA Unveils New Look for Kids.gov

GSA Unveils New Look for Kids.gov

   Whether your child has a report due on Ben Franklin or wants to learn how to become an astronaut, Kids.gov, the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) redesigned family- friendly web site, has the answers.

Posted : Sat, Sep 15, 2007

Category : Technology / Internet News

Astronauts build Astrium platform outside the ISS

Astronauts build Astrium platform outside the ISS

   Using robotic arms, US space shuttle astronauts have mounted a special platform onto the outside of the International Space Station (ISS).

Posted : Fri, Aug 24, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

Google Earth Introduces Sky Feature

Google Earth Introduces Sky Feature

   Google today announced the launch of Sky, a new feature that enables users of Google Earth to view the sky as seen from planet Earth.

Posted : Thu, Aug 23, 2007

Category : Technology / Software News

NASA Moves Forward With Astronaut Assessments

NASA Moves Forward With Astronaut Assessments

   NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale said the agency is moving forward to implement many of the recommendations contained in two studies released Friday about astronaut health and behavioral assessments.

Posted : Tue, Jul 31, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

NASA Announces Next Undersea Exploration Mission Dates and Crew

NASA Announces Next Undersea Exploration Mission Dates and Crew

   NASA will send three astronauts and a Constellation Program aerospace engineer into the ocean depths off the Florida coast from Aug. 6 to 15.

Posted : Wed, Jul 25, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

Four ISS Spacewalks In February

Four ISS Spacewalks In February

   Astronauts aboard the international space station plan a series of spacewalks in the next month to pave the way for five assembly missions to the orbital base this year by space shuttles.

Posted : Sat, Jan 27, 2007

Category : Science / Space News
 
 
 
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