An artist’s rendition of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its upcoming encounter with Jupiter. Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
New Horizons has been back in the news again over the last week in advance of its February rendezvous with Jupiter. As noted in their press release:
The fastest spacecraft ever launched, […]

Well, the commute is a bit much for my taste, but it sure affords one heck of a view. I’d never gotten around to posting these — two of my favorite images from December’s STS-116 mission to the ISS.
Larger resolution versions and many more are available in NASA’s gallery of human spaceflight.

(12 Dec. 2006) — […]

The ISS in its present configuration, photographed from Shuttle Discovery on December 19th, 2006 during the STS-116 mission. An incredible view from some 220 statute miles above our big blue marble.
Since construction of the ISS has resumed in full after the setbacks suffered by the Shuttle program (e.g. Columbia accident, previous issues with foam shedding […]

(6 March 2002) — Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, payload commander, waves at a crewmate inside Space Shuttle Columbia’s crew cabin during a brief break in work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the cargo bay of the shuttle during the STS-109 mission’s third space walk.
Courtesy of the New York Times I just learned that […]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. – The fiery launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis makes a perfect picture against the blue Florida sky as Atlantis heads for a rendezvous with the International Space Station on mission STS-115. After launch attempts were scrubbed Aug. 27 and 29 and Sept. 3 and 8 due to weather and technical concerns, […]

A technical issue with an engine cut-off (ECO) sensor inside space shuttle’s external tank forced NASA officials to scrub Friday’s STS-115 launch attempt. This system of sensors is one of several that protect the shuttle’s main engines by triggering their shut down if fuel runs unexpectedly low. ECO sensor #3, one of four inside the […]

Huge clouds roll over Launch Pad 39B where Space Shuttle Atlantis still sits after the scrub of its launch on mission STS-115. Atlantis was originally scheduled to launch at 12:29 p.m. EDT on September 6th, but a 24-hour scrub was called by mission managers due to a concern with fuel cell 1. Towering above […]