US Navy Captain Chris Cassidy, once described as “Chuck Norris, minus the restrictions of gravity”, has become the new Chief of the Astronaut Office. Capt. Cassidy amassed 182 days in space, conducted six EVAs and flew on both Shuttle Endeavour and the Russian Soyuz – the latter transporting him during his a long-duration ISS mission during Expedition 35/36.
With a deep heritage between the Shuttle’s External Tank and the Space Launch System (SLS)…
If the first half of 2009 for NASA demonstrated the agency’s unwavering attention to safety,…
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engineers have found the application of “tacky tape” – used to…
A failure investigation team has been created for Endeavour’s Number One Space Shuttle Main Engine…
STS-128 entered into S0007 (launch countdown) operations at 11pm on Friday evening, as engineers at…
Although no ill effects were suffered by Endeavour, the problems with her External Tank (ET-131)…
Endeavour has concluded her STS-127 mission by returning to her home base at the Kennedy…
STS-127 is coming to the end of another highly successful mission for the shuttle program,…
Following the conclusion of STS-127 docked phase of the mission, Flight Day 15 involved a Late…
STS-127 has concluded it’s fifth and final EVA, following the pacy completion of EVA-5’s tasks. …
Chris ‘Chuck Norris’ Cassidy and Tom Marshburn have completed EVA-4 to finalize the replacement of the…
The foam liberation from Endeavour’s External Tank (ET-131) intertank may have been a one-off event,…
STS-127 Spacewalkers Dave Wolf and Tom Marshburn have completed EVA-2, following robotic work to handover…
Endeavour’s Dave Wolf and the ISS’s Tim Kopra ventured outside the Shuttle/Station complex on Saturday and completed…
Endeavour has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Flight Day 3, following a…
Flight Day 2 for the crew of STS-127 focused on carrying out inspections of Endeavour’s Thermal Protection…
Endeavour finally got a break from the weather and launched on the sixth attempt to…
Shuttle orbiter Endeavour was again ready to launch to the International Space Station. However, poor…
The Mission Management Team (MMT) have declared they require more time to evaluate data from…