The Dragon, the first commercial spacecraft of its kind designed by SpaceX, returned from a low-Earth orbit on Wednesday as it splashed into the Pacific Ocean. The SpaceX vehicle landed in the water just after 2 p.m. EST, about three hours it had taken off from the Kennedy Space Center atop a Falcon 9 rocket. [...]

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Friday’s launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been scrapped due to a potentially dangerous leak of gaseous hydrogen. The setback could force NASA to delay an International Space Station mission until December. As of right now, the mission has been pushed back to Monday. The gas leak was found to be coming from a [...]

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The space shuttle Atlantis is ready for take off and launch today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be its last mission after almost a 25 year history. This morning, NASA filled the Space Shuttle Atlantis with more than a half million gallons of liquid oxygen and fuel. Atlantis is currently undergoing its [...]

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The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-person crew are slated to return to Earth on Friday, November 27, 2009 after an 11-day mission. The two chances for a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will be at 9:44 a.m. and 11:19 a.m. EST. NASA will analyze weather conditions at the space center before [...]

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UPDATE: Be sure to check out our Live Video page for the latest shuttle launch broadcast. NASA finished fueling the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Monday morning for an afternoon takeoff to the International Space Station, even though cloud cover continues to increase. Watch the Atlantis launch in real time on our Live Video page. Weather [...]

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UPDATE: View the Ares 1-X launch video here. Tuesday morning’s NASA rocket launch of the Ares I-X rocket had to be postponed due to weather, a stuck probe cover, and a surprise cargo ship in the rocket’s “danger zone.” “We had some opportunities, but just couldn’t get there,” test director Jeff Spaulding said. “Weather didn’t [...]

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NASA again postponed the space shuttle Discovery launch on Wednesday for the second time and will most likely make another attempt on August 28th to begin the mission to the International Space Station. Watch the launch live to the right on the Blippitt home page. The liftoff had been scheduled to take place at the [...]

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The space shuttle Endeavour landed safety on Friday, having spent 16 days in space. Endeavour landed at 10:48am EDT at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The seven-member crew departed on July 15th after five previous launch attempts were scrubbed due to inclement weather and a few technical issues. Once Endeavour finally made it to [...]

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At NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center, the countdown clock is holding at T-9 minutes. This is today’s final built-in hold. Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven astronauts are awaiting liftoff at 6:03pm EDT. There are no technical issues being reported by the launch team, and weather conditions continue to improve. Storms to the northwest [...]

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NASA was again forced to postpone the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Monday because of bad weather near the Kennedy Space Center. “The weather has just bitten us again,” launch director Pete Nickolenko told the Endeavour crew. Endeavour was set to lift off at 6:51pm EDT, prior to the postponement.  It’s mission is [...]

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UPDATE: All live video (including the 11/27/09 Atlantis landing) is now on our Live Video page. NASA has announced that Friday’s space shuttle landing has been postponed due to inclement weather. The space shuttle Atlantis was due to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center before the long Memorial Day weekend. NASA will now try for [...]

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The space shuttle Discovery touched down safely at Kennedy Space Center at 3:14pm EDT on Saturday, after a 13-day voyage. NASA had scrubbed an earlier planned landing, citing high winds. “It was a beautiful landing,” NASA launch manager Leroy Kaine said.  “About the only thing that beats a beautiful orbiter landing like this is the [...]

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