The shuttle crew took a closer look at the gouge in the heat shield using among other things a laser to collect data that would allow a mockup to be made here on earth, and then run through the simulator…
This has to be the most amazing picture of earth I have seen in quite some time. Really nothing more needs to be said. See the full resolution image here
Looks like some potentially bad news coming out of NASA it appears some ICE has struck the underbelly of the shuttle and the team is going to have to have a closer look to see how bad it is. Space.com
Live Blogging The Space shuttle Atlantis and crew have just launched and are in route to the International Space Station. Solid Rocket Booster Separation all is go! 4:26 170 miles down range moving at 8000 mph 7:00 640 Miles down…
Cassini is returning some simply amazing pictures and views of Saturn that have never been seen before. Visit the home website and look at the high resolution images. The pictures are simply surreal. NASA
I am sure the conspiracy theorist are having a lot of fun with this one but after you get done reading for 10 minutes and looking at the pics come back from the jump and let me know what you…
NASA was able to get the ISS in a higher altitude after a malfunction last week, setting the stage for the ISS to be in the correct orbit for the Space Shuttle arrival. [SpaceToday]