Pin ItemailprintPope Benedict XVI made a very special, long distance call to outer space yesterday to broadcast a live chat with the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. During his speech the Pope specifically acknowledged astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in an assassination attempt earlier this year. [...]
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning (Monday) on its final trek which will deliver a pioneering physics experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). Endeavour launched at 8:56 a.m. EDT, carrying a six-member crew. The shuttle’s mission is commanded by astronaut Mark Kelly. His wife, Rep. Gabrielle [...]
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Today’s launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour has been cancelled by NASA. NASA Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach scrubbed today’s STS-134 launch attempt due to an issue associated with the shuttle’s Auxiliary Power Unit 1 heaters. There will be at least a 48-hour scrub turnaround time period while NASA engineers assess the issue. Today’s launch [...]
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There’s good news today from the camp of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Doctors have given her the “A-OK” to attend her astronaut husband’s upcoming space shuttle launch on Friday. Rep. Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot in the head on January 8 during an assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona, and she’s spent the last several months in rehabilitation, [...]
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Where will each space shuttle wind up? That’s the question on many people’s minds today as NASA’s Space Shuttle program nears it conclusion. At a ceremony held today at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden revealed where each of the four space shuttle orbiters will be permanently displayed once the program [...]
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James Vanover, a worker at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, fell to his death today while preparing the Space Shuttle Endevaour for its final mission into space. Vanover’s body was discovered on one of the levels of Launch Pad 39A. It is unclear what caused him to fall. According to a press release, Vanover [...]
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An era is drawing to a close. The Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down safely in Florida at 8:48 a.m. this morning, concluding what will likely be its last voyage into space as the the space shuttle program is winding down. Atlantis was on a 12-day resupply mission to the International Space Station. This was 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 [...]
