Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2011 - On April 12, 1981, I was on a rare visit home from University. I sat in front of the TV with my parents while we waited for STS-1 to get through its countdown. Even in a small terraced house i
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (AFNS) Jul 11, 2011 - The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for NASA's successful launch of the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis Friday and the final Space Shuttle flight in h
Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 11, 2011 - Dennis C. (Chris) Malbon (Lieutenant Colonel, ret.) supports the Space Shuttle mission in multiple capacities as MMT liaison officer, Support Operations Center Director, senior field training office
Bristol PA (SPX) Jul 11, 2011 - As the space shuttle Atlantis, carrying DUNMORE Corporation's Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) materials, completes the last journey of the 30-year program, DUNMORE is looking forward to a growing range
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2011 - Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis will get one extra day in space as they restock the International Space Station with a year's worth of food and supplies, NASA said Monday.
Washington (AFP) July 10, 2011 - The shuttle Atlantis docked at the orbiting International Space Station for one last hitch-up Sunday, on its final space voyage before the entire 30-year US shuttle program shuts down for good.
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2011 - The Atlantis crew on Saturday inspected the craft's thermal protection system, the outer barrier that protects it from the searing heat upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere, NASA said.
Berlin (UPI) Jul 8, 2011 - A former German astronaut says the end of the space shuttle program is just a bottleneck and that the future of space exploration is bright.
Washington (AFP) July 8, 2011 - President Barack Obama gave Atlantis an inspirational final sendoff Friday, hailing astronauts and crew of the 30-year shuttle program and evoking new boundaries in space, notably a mission to Mars.
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2011 - NASA research pilot John Manke worked through his prelaunch checklist while the X-24B lifting body hung beneath the wing of a modified B-52 cruising at an altitude of 45,000 feet over California's M
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 8, 2011 - Riding a space shuttle is sort of like surging skyward aboard a high-speed, rickety roller coaster and then returning through a pulsing cosmic nightclub, US astronaut Terry Virts says.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 8, 2011 - Atlantis blazed a path into history Friday as it rocketed off the launch pad for a final time, marking the last-ever liftoff of the 30-year-old American space shuttle program.
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 8, 2011 - Atlantis is poised to blaze a path into history Friday when it propels toward the heavens on the last-ever mission of the 30-year-old American space shuttle program.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 08, 2011 - The payload of six Globalstar second-generation satellites to be orbited on Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome has been integrated to its launch vehicle's third stage.
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 08, 2011 - On July 8, at approximately 11:26 a.m. EDT, the space shuttle Atlantis will streak skyward from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A, for one last mission. While the STS-135 flight marks the en
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 8, 2011 - Atlantis is poised to blaze a path into history Friday when it propels toward the heavens on the last-ever mission of the 30-year-old American space shuttle program.
