Space Shuttle News

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Space Shuttle News

Solid Rocket Motor?s Future With NASA Is in Question 29 Aug 2010 at 9:00pm  NASA is revisiting the question of what rocket to build next and whether solid motors will be part of it. Read more... Repair Made, Space Station Heads Back to Normal 16 Aug 2010 at 9:00pm  With a replacement cooling pump successfully installed, the International Space Station?s electrical systems were largely expected to be returned to the usual configuration by Aug. 17. Read more... In Mary Roach?s ?Packing for Mars,? the Gross Stuff 8 Aug 2010 at 9:00pm  Mary Roach?s book ?Packing for Mars? delights in the fringe material associated with astronauts? life in space. Read more... As Space Priorities Shift, Orbiting Station Takes On a Central Role 3 Aug 2010 at 9:00pm  If the International Space Station were ever abandoned, the United States? human spaceflight program would lose one of its last remaining reasons for being. Read more... Approaching Space Center, and End of Line for Shuttle Program 31 May 2010 at 9:00pm  With a train?s delivery of solid-fuel booster segments to Florida, the program has just two trips left. Read more... For Atlantis, a Flight Path to Retirement 26 May 2010 at 9:00pm  The spacecraft wrapped up a 25-year career after 32 missions covering 120 million miles. Read more... PICTURES FROM THE LAST TRIP 17 May 2010 at 9:00pm  Photo of astronauts on Atlantis taking pictures in order to preserve images of shuttle's final mission Read more... Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off for Final Planned Flight 14 May 2010 at 9:00pm  The space shuttle Atlantis vaulted into orbit on a 12-day space station assembly mission, the orbiter?s 32nd and final planned flight after a quarter century of service. Read more... Change in Experiment Will Delay Shuttle?s End 23 Apr 2010 at 9:00pm  A key component of a spectrometer destined for the International Space Station needs to be replaced and won?t be ready for a planned mission in July. Read more... Shuttle, a Day Late, Lands Smoothly 20 Apr 2010 at 9:00pm  The space shuttle Discovery closed out a complex space station resupply mission with a landing in Florida. Read more...

Space Shuttle Resources

Return To Flight NASA's official site about the Shuttle's return to flight. Contains recent news updates and many videos of the return to flight preparations. Return To Flight Task Group On June 13, 2003 the NASA Administrator appointed two veteran astronauts to lead an external task group in an independent assessment of the agency's Return to Flight efforts and to help the nation return the Space Shuttle safely to flight. This site documents their work.