Discovery delayed for 24 hours!
The Space Shuttle Discovery landing has been delayed for 24 hours due to uncertain weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center.
Discovery to land in the early morning hours
The shuttle is scheduled to land in the early morning hours eastern standard time, and for once I will be able to watch live as the shuttle will land about the time the evening news comes on here. More to…
The Next Generation of Heavy Lift Space Vehicles
I think the plan as outlined in the linked New York Times article is dead on. I have always wondered why NASA had gone away from heavy lift vehicles, and it’s nice to see that they are back on the…
A unique water solution for space!
Lets just say NASA is going to be looking at recycling some water in space. The source is not what you would expect. [Wired]
NASA does repair under Shuttle!
NASA is in the middle of the spacewalk to not only work on the ISS but also to go under the space shuttle. [NASA]
NASA better safe than sorry
I just can not get over the fact that we have flown as many Shuttle flights as we have, and only 1 flight after the Columbia disaster they want to go down their and pull out some spacers. This just…
Second Spacewalk at ISS for Shuttle Crew
The second of 3 planned space walks took place today and the ISS now has it’s full compliment of Gyroscopes replacing one which had failed in 2002. With the shuttle fleet fate unknown the crew needs to get as much…