NASA is targeting a possible launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Friday, Sept. 8 because of a problem associated with one of the spacecraft’s electricity-producing fuel cells. Shuttle program managers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center decided Wednesday afternoon additional time was needed to evaluate fuel cell flight history and potential causes of the malfunction.
Mission managers […]

After sunset, Space Shuttle Atlantis is bathed in light from the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39B. Seen on either side of Atlantis’ engine nozzles are the tail masts, which provide several umbilical connections to the orbiter, including a liquid-oxygen line through one and a liquid-hydrogen line through another. Below the mobile launcher platform, […]

The crawler-transporter underneath Space Shuttle Atlantis and mobile launcher platform begins rolling away from Launch Pad 39B, taking the shuttle back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rollback is a safety precaution as the area waits for the arrival of Tropical Storm Ernesto. The storm is forecast to be bringing 58-mph to 70-mph winds in […]

NASA is remembering pioneering astrophysicist James Van Allen, who died Aug. 9 at the age of 91.
“James Van Allen was one of the greatest and most accomplished American space scientists of our time and few researchers had such wide range of expertise in so many scientific disciplines,” said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. “NASA’s path of […]

Being a rather enthusiastic foodie with a bit of culinary training under my belt, I couldn’t help but grin at this recent release from NASA:

The crew of the International Space Station will indulge next week in the ultimate “take-out” food, a meal delivered by a NASA space shuttle and designed by chef Emeril Lagasse of […]

On July 24th, NASA employees at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center accompanied Atlantis on its rollover from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building. During its upcoming 11-day mission, the STS-115 crew will resume construction of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA / Jim Grossmann
After the Shuttle Discovery’s successful 13-day mission to the […]

Destination: ISS. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
After Wednesday’s successful launch from Kazakhstan, the Soyuz spacecraft carrying the Expedition 13 crew is scheduled to dock with the station tonight at 11:19 p.m. EST. Live coverage of the docking begins at 10 p.m. Eastern on NASA TV.
What a fantastic photo!
If you’ve never witnessed spacecraft docking with the International […]