Shuttle Endeavour

The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Wednesday, making a rare nighttime touchdown to wrap up "a two-week adventure" at the international space station. The shuttle swooped through the darkness and landed on NASA's illuminated runway at 8:39 p.m., an hour after sunset. "Welcome home, Endeavour," Mission Control radioed. "Congrats to the entire crew." Read Full Story

The Kennedy Space Station set the scene today at 12:32 p.m., finalizing the Endeavour’s mission to the International Space Station. Undocking Sunday, which ended a nine-day-stay, the shuttle arrived one day early due to Hurricane Dean, it touched down two weeks after its original launching from the Florida space port for its ISS destination for several joint operations with the crew of the Expedition 15. Regardless of the damage done to the shuttle’s underbelly or being forced to arrive... Read Full Story

It costs $400 million per flight. WTF?!? We wanted to know the deal ... so momlogic called NASA to ask them to explain why they are launching the Endeavor -- in this economy! When momlogic got on the phone with NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs, we were armed and ready. We confidently asked in our most self righteous manner "How in this economy could you possibly justify space exploration?" Here's how Mr. Jacobs explained it ...  NASA employs 18,000 civil servants and close to 50,000... Read Full Story

After almost 16 days in space, four spacewalks, and a successful space station "home improvement" mission, the STS-126 crew aboard Endeavour is safely back home at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in Florida. With Commander Chris Ferguson and pilot Eric Boe at the controls, space shuttle Endeavour descended to a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The STS-126 crew members concluded their successful mission to the International Space Station when the shuttle touched down at 4:25 p.m... Read Full Story

Posted by news 53 minutes ago ( http://www.cbc.ca ) View profile Category : News The launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been postponed until Sunday because of bad weather. Add this link to...   Bury Add to:                  |   Bookmarks... Read Full Story

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[ SYOKKAHWIN.COM’S LATEST ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - CLICK HERE ] It’s really a disheartening news for some. Our beloved DR. SHEIKH MUSZAPHAR was put down and criticized by the foreign media. Malaysian adventure was considered as utter complete waste of money and we should be spending money on creating wealth rather than going for something that has no material benefits to the nation etc. Also why are we sending again an astronaut next year? i.e. Dr Faiz Khalid to outerspace next? Is it simply to... Read Full Story

“It looks like we have a very good vehicle on the pad,” said NASA’s launch integration manager LeRoy Cain. “The crew is ready. The team is ready.” For most of us, high heat temperatures and heat warnings are not good news. But for those involved with the launching of NASA’s 20th STS-118 mission of the Endeavour, it is wonderful during a time when nasty weather consisting of lightening and thunderstorms have prevented not only launchings of spacecraft but also landings. An 80% favorable... Read Full Story

“It’s really important that we keep our options open as long as it’s practical,” said Matt Abbott, NASA’s lead shuttle flight director, in an afternoon briefing. “We’ve been watching this storm kind of brewing for a couple of days and everyone has been aware that it’s developing … we need to be prepared to respond.” (Yahoo News, Friday, August. 17, 2007). With a tentative landing planned for Wednesday of August 22, 2007, Hurricane Dean may have some other plans for the shuttle Endeavour... Read Full Story

“The opportunity to investigate and understand the effects of spaceflight on the pathogenic potential of S. pneumoniae may further the design and development of new drugs that can be used for treatment of diseases on Earth,” said Hami Teal, the experiment’s project scientist and a researcher at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Prior to the year 2000, the recognized “S. pneumoniae” infections have been the cause of approximately 60,000 annual cases of this very hardy... Read Full Story