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Space News May 30, 2011

Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth for Final Time Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, June 1, completing a 16-day mission…

Space News May 30, 2011

NASA, Lockheed Martin & Ball Aerospace Team Complete On-Orbit Orion MPCV Navigation System Test During STS-134 Shuttle Mission

DENVER, May 30th, 2011 — In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, Commander Mark Kelly completed the first ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the…

Space News May 25, 2011

Exciting Test Flight News Virgin Galactic

More exciting news from Mojave this morning! At 7am, SpaceShipTwo touched down safely having completed a second â€œfeatherâ€ flight. One further glide flight, potentially within…

Space News May 24, 2011

NASA Announces Key Decision For Next Deep Space Transportation System

WASHINGTON — NASA has reached an important milestone for the next U.S. transportation system that will carry humans into deep space. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden…

Space News May 24, 2011

NASA Art Exhibit Opens At National Air And Space Museum

WASHINGTON — You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut to work for NASA. Engineers, pilots, physicists, astrobiologists, and, yes, artists, too,…

Space News May 23, 2011

NASA releases space walk photos of Endeavour mission

NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, is pictured outside the Qwest airlock during the mission’s first spacewalk from the International Space Station in this…

Space News May 20, 2011

Final Space Shuttle Flight July 8 2011

WASHINGTON — NASA’s final space shuttle flight is targeted to launch July 8 at about 11:40 a.m. EDT from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in…

Space News May 19, 2011

AMS: ready to discover the particle universe

The largest and most complex scientific instrument yet to be fitted to the International Space Station was installed today. Taken into space by the Space…

Space News May 18, 2011

Endeavour docks with Space Station

Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station today at 12:14 CEST (10:14 GMT) after chasing it in space following a textbook launch on…

Space News May 16, 2011

NASA’s Shuttle Endeavour Heads To Space Station On Its Final Mission

Space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…

Space News May 13, 2011

Mars Science Laboratory Aeroshell Delivered To Launch Site

Lockheed Martin-Built Capsule Will Protect NASAâ€™s Curiosity Rover DENVER, May 13th, 2011 — NASAâ€™s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) aeroshell and cruise stage were delivered to…

Space News May 11, 2011

NASA Dawn Spacecraft Captures First Image Of Nearing Asteroid

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn expects to achieve…