Atlantis has concluded her historic 13-day mission to the International Space Station with a perfect landing at KSC. With a ‘go’ for deorbit and entry operations from Flight Controllers – confirmed thanks to excellent weather conditions at Kennedy – Atlantis’ 0556 EDT landing was saluted with a four minute visible, overhead pass by the ISS just nine minutes before Atlantis landed to conclude the 30-year Space Shuttle Program.
The crew of Atlantis have completed the main task of Flight Day 2, a sweep…
Following a typically eventful shuttle launch countdown, the Mission Evaluation Room (MER) teams have confirmed…
Following was Atlantis’ last – and rather eventful – final full day at Launch Pad…
Atlantis is continuing to behave on Pad 39A as preparations for entering S0007 tasks –…
The Agency Flight Readiness Review (FRR) has – as expected – approved the July 8…
With her team ably dealing with the usual pad flow hiccups, Atlantis is heading towards…
Multiple efforts are under way for Atlantis’ STS-135 launch preparations, as her four member crew…
As the procession of “lasts” continue for the Space Shuttle Program (SSP), Atlantis is undergoing…
Atlantis kicked off what was a historic evening for the Space Shuttle Program (SSP), as…
Managers are reviewing one item of interest – relating to an ascent observation during Endeavour’s…
Shuttle Endeavour is back in space for what is scheduled to be her final mission.…
Kennedy Space Center (KSC) engineering teams have realigned processing targets for STS-135 to point towards…
With schedules continuing to be refined based on Endeavour’s troubleshooting efforts, Kennedy Space Center (KSC)…
Shuttle Endeavour – the youngest orbiter in the fleet – was preparing for her final…
Atlantis is pressing towards a May 12 rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) as…
Preparations for Atlantis’ honor of rounding off the 30 year long Space Shuttle program are…
Just a day after the fleet leader, Discovery, landed at the nearby Shuttle Landing Facility…
As the future of NASA’s budget finds itself under scrutiny again this week, managers have…
Discovery has completed her journey back out to Pad 39A with her modified External Tank…
