A final landing for Space Shuttle Atlantis
Gliding into retirement after 32 missions covering 120 million miles, the shuttle Atlantis dropped out of orbit and returned to Earth on Wednesday, wrapping up a storied 25-year career with a near-flawless space station assembly mission.
The near-perfect landing under blue skies mirrored what was largely a flawless mission to the International Space Station.
“That was [...]
Atlantis on its final mission launched
The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Friday afternoon on its final planned mission.
The shuttle blasted off under bright sunny skies at 2:20 p.m.
Its 12-day mission will take it to the International Space Station(ISS) where it will deliver a Russian module. They also plan to bring a “set of batteries for the station’s truss and [...]
Moon vets call Obama’s space proposal ‘devastating’
Moonwalk icon Neil Armstrong, in an open letter co-signed by Apollo Commanders James Lovell and Eugene Cernan, wrote on Tuesday that “The … decision to cancel the Constellation program, its Ares 1 and Ares V rockets, and the Orion spacecraft, is devastating.
“America’s only path to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station will [...]
