Shuttle Endeavour

SPACE.com - NASA braved below-freezing temperatures in Florida Wednesday to move the space shuttle Endeavour to its seaside launch pad for a planned Feb. 7 blast off to the International Space Station.  

The first space shuttle mission of the year is a step closer to launch Wednesday. The shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile launcher platform, was moved from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, shortly after 4:00 a.m. The 3.4 mile journey usually takes about six hours.  

After reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-130 mission.  

Space shuttle Endeavour is on the launch pad after a freezing three-and-a-half-mile trip. NASA moved the shuttle out of its hangar before dawn Wednesday. The temperature was bitterly cold, getting as low as 29. As a precaution, NASA turned on the shuttle heaters earlier than usual. In addition, workers limited their time outside to 30-minute shifts during Endeavour's six-hour trip to the pad.  

Crew Set to Arrive for Practice LiftoffAfter reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-130 mission. Reporters are invited to cover the launch dress rehearsal, known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT, scheduled to take place at Kennedy from Jan. 19 to 21.Endeavour arrived at Launch Pad 39A at 8:45 a.m. EST...  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-130 mission. Reporters are invited to cover the launch dress rehearsal, known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT, scheduled to take place at Kennedy from Jan. 19 to 21.  

Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the final module of the U.S. portion of the International Space Station on the STS-130 mission, now targeted to launch Feb. 7. NASA will preview this mission during a series of news briefings Friday, Jan. 15, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- NASA says Kennedy Space Center technicians are testing space shuttle Endeavour's systems, preparing for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building.  

HOUSTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- NASA says space shuttle Endeavour will begin the last year of shuttle flights by delivering the final U.S. module of the International Space Station.  

In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians are halfway complete with a three-day leak test on space shuttle Endeavour’s environmental control and life support system, as well as structural leak tests.the Endeavour will be hoisted and then lowered onto the waiting mobile launcher platform where the massive external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters stand ready. Today, the six STS-130 astronauts...  

After a flawless mission to resupply the International Space Station, the STS-129 crew members now are back at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. They will be honored with a homecoming ceremony at nearby Ellington Field today. Meanwhile, preparations for space shuttle Endeavour and its crew are ramping up for the STS-130 mission targeted to launch Feb. 4, 2010. Endeavour is scheduled to roll over from the orbiter processing facility to...  

Journalists are invited to cover space shuttle Endeavour's move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A on Jan. 6 and observe the STS-130 crew's mock launch countdown activities from Jan. 19 to Jan.  

In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians are halfway complete with a three-day leak test on space shuttle Endeavour's environmental control and life support system, as well as structural ...  

Texas Motor Speedway plans to honor Space Shuttle Endeavour pilot Doug Hurley in its prerace festivities for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Dickies 500 this weekend, but track President Eddie Gossage is keeping the details a surprise.  

Touchdown is scheduled for 9:44 a.m. EST (1444 GMT). ! Flying upside down and backward over Indonesia, commander Charlie Hobaugh and pilot Barry Wilmore just completed a 2-minute, 47-second firing of Atlantis' twin Orbital Maneuvering System engines that