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- Countdown of Countdowns
And then there were eight. And, soon, seven. STS-127, scheduled for launch tomorrow around 5 p.m. CDT, is one of only eight remaining shuttle launches; if things go well, - STS-128 Update
Per Spaceflight Now: After a lengthy technical discussion, NASA managers decided Tuesday the shuttle Discovery's external tank can be safely flown as is, without the need - Giant Leaping, Slowly
After the talk this morning by members of the Expedition 15 and 16 crews of the International Space Station, a Marshall Space Flight Center official commented on one of th - STS-119 Update
Per NASA: NASA's Space Shuttle Program has established a plan that could support shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station, tentatively targeted for Ma - STS-119 Update
Per NASA: The countdown for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 launch resumed as planned at 4:55 a.m. EDT, and there are no significant technical issues standing in the way - STS-119 Update
Per NASA: Space shuttle Discovery’s launch to the International Space Station now is targeted for no earlier than March 15. NASA managers postponed Wednesday’s planned lif - Sports In Space: Football Edition
(Link) Made by my coauthor Owen Garriott's son Richard. - Does the Space Station need a name?
(Link) How about it, folks? Thoughts? - STS-126 Update
The STS-126 launch of the space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled for 6:55 p.m. CST today. Weather forecasts are showing a 70 percent change of favorable conditions. Mission - STS-126 Update
Per The Houston Chronicle: Forecasters warned Tuesday of stormy weather as NASA prepared the shuttle Endeavour for launching later this week on a home-improvement mission - Space Voting!
Per NASA: In this day and age, people engage in their right to vote from all over the world. But this Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NA - STS-125/STS-126/Ares I-X Update
Per NASA: Space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Oct. 2 - Flown
Energia, via collectSPACE First, go read this article at collectSPACE about Richard and Owen Garriott; it's very possibly the best I've seen. It has one flaw that Rob shou - Space Scion's Soyuz Soars Sunday!
OK, this is a first for me -- my take on this post is basically, "A spaceflight participant will be flying this weekend! And, oh yeah, a space station crew is riding with - "Homesteading" In Space
Robert Pearlman of collectSPACE shared this picture with me. The guy in white is Richard Garriott, who is the son of one of my co-authors, astronaut Owen Garriott. The s - Star City
This article about Richard Garriott's training for his spaceflight next month in the most recent issue of Wired is one of the best I've read on the subject, with lots of i - Immortality Nation
Per The AP: Should this world ever cease to exist, Stephen Colbert will live on. Stephen Colbert, host of "The Colbert Report," will have his genes included in a time caps - In Search of Antimatter Galaxies
(Link) This is a very interesting story about an upcoming shuttle mission, but I'm posting it mainly for the second graf. - STS-119 Update
Per NASA: During a review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight, NASA managers decided Tuesday to plan a launch no earlier than Feb. 19. The new planning date - Naming Node 3
Per NASA: NASA wants your opinion in naming the International Space Station’s Node 3 – a connecting module and its cupola – before the two segments travel to space and are - Wingspan
The International Space Station, as imaged by Discovery during fly-around after yesterday's undocking. The station's full wingspan is now assembled and deployed. - The Next Step
Per NASA: Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-15 from the Baikonur - STS-127 Update
Per NASA: Space shuttle Endeavour is in launch position at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida following rollback of the Launch Pad 39A rotating service structure. Ende - STS-127 Update
Per NASA: Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 launch today was officially scrubbed at 1:55 a.m. EDT when the same type of gaseous hydrogen leak was detected at the Ground Um - STS-127 Update
Per Spaceflight Now: NASA managers Sunday deferred making a formal decision on whether to reschedule the delayed shuttle Endeavour for launch Wednesday or whether to press - STS-127 Update
Per NASA: Space shuttle Endeavour is ready to carry seven astronauts and a key piece of the Japanese laboratory complex to the International Space Station. The countdown f - STS-119 Update
Per NASA: Following a picture perfect launch from the Kennedy Space Center Sunday evening, space shuttle Discovery is racing toward the International Space Station for its - Mission Madness
(Link) Vote for the greatest NASA mission of all time. - Cut It Out
I'm mentioning that there's a spacewalk today outside the International Space Station in part because I feel guilty that I didn't mention last week's. According to Spacefl - STS-125 Update
Per Space.com: NASA wants to move up launch dates for its next two shuttle missions to ensure the second can be sent up before a window of opportunity closes in late Novem - A Vitruvian Man Like Dad's
collectSPACE has a great article about the patch Richard Garriott will wear during his spaceflight in October: Like any soon-to-be astronaut, Richard Garriott needed a pat - "Space station astronauts: Big family in full house"
(Link) First six-person crew is up and running. "It's a very comfortable venue for six people to work."
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