NASA has selected four astronauts to train and prepare for commercial spaceflights that will return American launches to U.S. soil and further open up low-Earth orbit transportation to the private sector. The selections are the latest major milestone in the Obama Administration’s plan to partner with U.S. industry to transport astronauts to space, create good-paying American jobs and end the … Read the rest of this article
Check out this infographic about NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) – click the image for a larger view.
Now that the Space Shuttle program is over, NASA is remodeling the VAB where they were built. It’s a huge building, one of the largest in the world. How huge? Here’s some info to help put it into perspective:
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In 2012, NASA continued to implement America’s ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carrying out the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station and advancing the systems needed to send humans deeper into space.
“NASA achieved historic milestones this year landing the most sophisticated rover on the surface of Mars, carrying … Read the rest of this article
Wrapping up 30 years of unmatched achievements and blazing a trail for the next era of U.S. human spaceflight, NASA’s storied Space shuttle Program came to a “wheels stop” on Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at the conclusion of its 135th mission.
shuttle Atlantis and its four-astronaut crew glided home for the final time, ending a 13-day journey of more than … Read the rest of this article
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued this statement on July 21st about the final landing of the Space shuttle Program:
“At today’s final landing of the space shuttle, we had the rare opportunity to witness history. We turned the page on a remarkable era and began the next chapter in our nation’s extraordinary story of exploration.
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Space shuttle Commander Chris Ferguson and his three crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:29 a.m. EDT Friday. STS-135 is the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program that will end the multi-purpose spaceplane programme’s three-decade era of human spaceflight.
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On 8 July 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted …
Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-astronaut crew sailed home for the final time, ending a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a landing at 2:35 a.m. EDT on Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Space shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing at the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, completing a 16-day mission to the …
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