The official decision on the future of Atlantis has finally been made, as she avoids early retirement in 2008 – gaining STS-128 and STS-131 in the process via new planning documentation.
Atlantis’ flagship mission – STS-125’s trip to service the Hubble Space Telescope – has been delayed by one month, to September 5, as the bulk of the manifest moves to the right by around 30 days, due to the slip of STS-122 to February 7.
NASA has updated the status of its Large Area Repair (LAR) capability, which is being…
NASA has drawn up extensive plans for the mission they hope they’ll never have to…
STS-126 is the latest mission to have been put through the FDRD (Flight Definition and…
STS-125 – the final Hubble serving mission – has unexpectedly moved up NASA’s shuttle schedule,…
The Large Area Repair (LAR) capability has been approved for development by NASA’s PRCB (Program…
NASA managers are continuing to build their roadmap for Pad 39B’s transition to Ares, in…
It may be at least 18 months away, but the main focus of space mission…
Shuttle Atlantis has been handed a flagship finale, following the confirmation that she will now…
Following the confirmation that NASA will undertake one final mission to service the Hubble Space…
It’s not yet official, but NASA appears to have all the elements in place for…
NASA has set the date for their meeting to officially approve STS-125 – better known…
NASA is evaluating the possibility of moving the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission from…
Details are starting to emerge about potential crew rescue options for the Hubble Servicing Mission…
With Discovery’s STS-121 mission now officially classed as the “cleanest” ever, the Shuttle program took…
Astronaut Scott Kelly might not have been reading from the NASA PAO manual when he…
The latest available Shuttle mission manifest continues to evolve ahead of an exciting finale for…
New NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said last Tuesday that he would reconsider his predecessor’s decision…
With many missions on the manifest, the new year promises to be packed with space…
At the end of November, NASA’s next great telescope — the Nancy Grace Roman Space…
