Astronomy
- Friday Landing For Endeavour
The Endeavour astronauts tested the shuttle's re-entry systems today before packing up for the trip back to Earth Friday to close out a 16-day space station assembly mission. There are no technical problems of any significance, but forecasters are...
- Shuttle Endeavour Finally Launched
Shuttle Endeavour finally roared to life and blasted off Wednesday on its sixth try, rocketing away through a hazy sky toward a Friday rendezvous with the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. Multiple pieces of foam insulation fell...
- Shuttle Endeavour Launch On Sunday Postponed
NASA on Sunday postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for the day due storms near Kennedy Space Center. NASA will next try to launch the shuttle on Monday at 6:51 p.m. Endeavour's launch was postponed twice last month because of a liquid...
- Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Postponed By Leak
Launch of the shuttle Endeavour, grounded by a gaseous hydrogen leak during fueling Saturday, is off until Wednesday at the earliest, NASA officials say. But because of the already planned launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite Wednesday,...
- Shuttle Atlantis Blasting From Nasa
When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on NASA's final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, the shuttle Endeavour and a four-man crew will be standing by for launch on a mission space agency managers hope will never be needed: an emergency...
Astronomy
Shuttle Endeavour cleared for launch next week
While the shuttle Endeavour's crew reviewed emergency procedures at the launch pad June 3 , NASA managers held an executive-level flight readiness review and cleared the ship for blastoff June 13, at 7:17:15 a.m., on a complex space station assembly mission.
- Friday Landing For Endeavour
The Endeavour astronauts tested the shuttle's re-entry systems today before packing up for the trip back to Earth Friday to close out a 16-day space station assembly mission. There are no technical problems of any significance, but forecasters are...
- Shuttle Endeavour Finally Launched
Shuttle Endeavour finally roared to life and blasted off Wednesday on its sixth try, rocketing away through a hazy sky toward a Friday rendezvous with the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center. Multiple pieces of foam insulation fell...
- Shuttle Endeavour Launch On Sunday Postponed
NASA on Sunday postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour for the day due storms near Kennedy Space Center. NASA will next try to launch the shuttle on Monday at 6:51 p.m. Endeavour's launch was postponed twice last month because of a liquid...
- Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Postponed By Leak
Launch of the shuttle Endeavour, grounded by a gaseous hydrogen leak during fueling Saturday, is off until Wednesday at the earliest, NASA officials say. But because of the already planned launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite Wednesday,...
- Shuttle Atlantis Blasting From Nasa
When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on NASA's final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, the shuttle Endeavour and a four-man crew will be standing by for launch on a mission space agency managers hope will never be needed: an emergency...