What NASA Says About Russia's Unreliable Rockets
WASHINGTON -- NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in ...
WASHINGTON -- NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in ...
Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.19.2011
Now there was another period of silence, long minutes as the shuttle's main engines continued to burn to take it into orbit. The bright curvature of the Earth against the darkness of space was visible.
Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.15.2011
At two minutes to launch (T-minus-two) everyone started cheering and clapping. Atlantis was really going to go!
Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.14.2011
Events of July 8, 2011 Online, I see a lot of "You know you're a 1990s kid if..." jokes, and, since I am a 1990s kid, a lot of them make me smile, be...
Posted 09.20.2011
Well, the days of the space shuttle are at an end. But you know what, we had a good run. Truth be told, we had way more fun with the idea of space...
The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 09.07.2011
The most memorable part of Ryan Graff's high school graduation trip to Miami might be the flight to Fort Lauderdale. As he and his mom were flying ...
gadling.com | Paul Brady | Posted 09.07.2011
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The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 09.07.2011
The Atlantis space shuttle blasted into space Friday in a historic launch that marked the final flight of NASA's 30-year space program. Yet just m...
The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.07.2011
From the space shuttle Columbia's first launch to the infamous Challenger explosion, three decades of American space exploration have produced some of...
Posted 09.07.2011
(MARCIA DUNN, AP/THE HUFFINGTON POST) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA's last space shuttl...
The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 09.07.2011
Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 8 at approximately 11:26 ET . This...
AP | Marcia Dunn | Posted 09.07.2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's final four shuttle astronauts boarded Atlantis for liftoff Friday on the last flight of the 30-year program, even as po...
Posted 09.07.2011
UPDATE: Atlantis successfully completed its launch. The AP reports, "Atlantis and four astronauts rocketed into orbit Friday on NASA's last space s...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 09.07.2011
UPDATE: Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully completed its final blastoff on Friday. Click here to see photos and video from the launch. --- PREV...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 09.06.2011
On the morning of July 8, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on its 33rd and final mission, also the last mission ...
AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.05.2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The weather isn't cutting NASA any breaks, not even for the last space shuttle launch set for Friday. Bad weather is exp...
AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 07.16.2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Sitting in a wheelchair atop NASA's launch control center with other astronaut families, wounded congresswoman Gabrielle ...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.16.2011
The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on its final mission around 9 a.m. on Monday. If you missed the live feed offerd by NASA.gov, you can stil...
The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 07.16.2011
Endeavour's final launch finally went off this morning despite a series of delays. As STS-134 blasted off one lucky airline passenger got the chanc...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.16.2011
What does an astronaut eat before a historic blastoff into space? Colonel Mike Fincke, who boarded Space Shuttle Endeavour for its final flight on ...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.16.2011
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off for its final mission just before 9 a.m. ET on Monday. An estimated crowd of 500,000 spectators and well-wishers...
The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.16.2011
UPDATE: Missed the launch? You can watch a recap here. --- PREVIOUSLY: After a delay caused by mechanical difficulties, space shuttle Endeavour ...
AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 07.09.2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will try again next Monday to launch Endeavour on the next-to-last space shuttle flight, after replacing a switch box and...
AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 07.06.2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The next-to-last space shuttle flight has been delayed again, this time to at least the middle of May for extra electrical tes...
AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 07.04.2011
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA says a switch box removed from space shuttle Endeavour has a blown circuit. The repair work is taking longer than expect...
AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 02.03.2012