As they soar above Planet Earth on the International Space Station, astronauts regularly point their cameras toward home, and their images are stored on a massive archive of astronaut photos. Science educator James Drake took 600 such images and stitched them together into a movie, which you can see below.
The movie starts in the Pacific Ocean and flies over … Read the rest of this article
Bright moonlight streams through your window. A nugget of space debris disintegrates in a sparkling fireball. A huge spaceship glides silently overhead.
By itself, any one of these events might be enough to get you out of bed. This weekend, all three are going to happen at the same time.
On August 12th and 13th, as the Moon waxes full, … Read the rest of this article
Thus was history made: Space Shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Tuesday and made its last return to Earth today. The Shuttle era is now over and the door is open to the next generation of space vehicles.
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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.
The brave astronauts of STS-135 … Read the rest of this article
The STS-135 crew of space shuttle Atlantis and the Expedition 28 crew of the International Space Station have been treated with great views of the Aurora Australis.
Here’s one shot the crews photographed, showing a panoramic view of the station/shuttle complex along with several different astronomical beauties! The aurora shows up brightly, but what else is in the image? Looking … Read the rest of this article
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 …
NASA has broadcast-quality audio and video clips from the ongoing STS-134 space shuttle and other missions available online through the Internet Archive website.
The agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston is digitizing, cataloging and archiving audio files for news media use. These files include an entire calendar day’s conversation between the Mission Control Center and the crews aboard the shuttle … Read the rest of this article
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Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off today on her last mission to the International Space Station. Following launch of the STS-134 mission at 12:56 GMT (14:56 CEST), Endeavour is heading towards a docking with the Station at 10:15 GMT (12:15 CEST) on Wednesday, 18 May.
ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori and his five crewmates will spend 16 … Read the rest of this article
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