Washington | 6 days ago
Nuclear-powered US rover launched to probe Mars' habitability
Washington, Nov 26 - A nuclear-powered US rover lifted off on Saturday morning to help assess Mars' habitability, or whether the Red Planet is or ever was an environment able to support life.The car-sized rover, atop an Atlas V rocket, blasted off at about 10.02 a.m. EDT -from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Xinhua reported, citing NASA TV.The rover, nicknamed Curiosity, will journey ... read more

Washington | 4 months ago
Space shuttle Atlantis makes final landing
Washington, July 21 - Space shuttle Atlantis Thursday landed at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, bringing to a close the US's 30-year orbiter programme.The spacecraft touched down at 0956 GMT, Xinhua reported, quoting NASA TV. Atlantis lifted off on its final flight July 8 to deliver cargo and equipment to the International Space Station -. It undocked from the station Tuesday.After the US shu ... read more

New York | 6 months ago
US shuttle Endeavor lifts off for final voyage
New York, May 16 - US space shuttle Endeavor lifted off Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver to the International Space Station a $2 billion particle detector called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.The shuttle blasted off at about 8.56 a.m. -, Xinhua reported citing NASA TV.This was the 25th and final flight for the spaceship.The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is designed to sea ... read more

Washington | 9 months ago
Space shuttle Discovery lifts off for final voyage
Washington, Feb 25 - US space shuttle Discovery has lifted off on its own final scheduled flight from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver a storage room to the International Space Station -.According to NASA TV, the shuttle blasted off at 4.53 p.m. - Thursday.'Good to be here', Discovery Commander Steve Lindsey radioed soon after the three main engines shut off and the external fuel tan ... read more

Washington | 1 year ago
Space station opens to Tranquility and its picture window
Washington, Feb 13 - Astronauts Saturday opened the hatch to the space station's newest room - the Italian-built Tranquility node that will eventually offer a six-sided picture window on space.NASA television showed the space station and Endeavour shuttle astronauts moving around the opened hatch, through which they installed an airflow system and exercise equipment into the new room. They were al ... read more

3 years ago
Endeavour astronauts finish final spacewalk
Washington, Nov 25 - Two US astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour Monday finished the mission's fourth and final spacewalk to work on joints on the solar panels that power the International Space Station -, according to NASA TV. Mission specialists Steve Bowen and Shane Kimbrough completed the cleaning and lube job on the station's right-side solar array joint and replaced the final bearing of t ... read more

3 years ago
US astronauts to vote from space
Washington, Oct 28 - Americans from all over the world will vote for the next US president Nov 4 but some ballots will come from the space also. Commander Edward Michael Fincke and flight engineer Gregory Chamitoff are living and working onboard the International Space Station. Although they are 350 km above the earth, orbiting at 28,000 km per hour, they will still be able to participate in th ... read more

3 years ago
NASA targets GLAST launch for no earlier than June 11
WASHINGTON -- NASA has set June 11 as the new no-earlier-than target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT. NASA initially had targeted June 7 for the GLAST launch aboard a Delta II rocket. Additional time was needed to replace the rocket's flight termination ... read more

3 years ago
NASA targets GLAST launch for June 7
WASHINGTON -- NASA has set June 7 as the new target launch date for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window extends from 11:45 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. EDT and remains unchanged through Aug. 7. NASA had targeted June 5 for the GLAST launch aboard a Delta II rocket. Additional time was necessary for the Delta II launch team ... read more

3 years ago
US space shuttle Endeavour lifts off
Washington, March 11 - US space shuttle Endeavour lifted off early Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, NASA TV reported. 'All systems are working well ... Endeavour is making its way to the International Space Station -,' NASA's launch blog said after the shuttle jettisoned its twin solid rocket boosters and shut down its three main engines as planned. The Endeavour and its seven- ... read more