Milestones of Flight: 12/22
1974 - First flight of the the Dassault Breguet Mirage F1-E, in the hands of Guy Mitaux-Maurourard. 1968 - The first US live telecast from a manned spacecraft in outer space was mitted at 3:01 pm from Apollo VIII.
Space shuttle cleared to land somewhere
"I have a lot of things to worry about on this flight that I can control, and the weather is something I can't," Discovery commander Mark Polansky told reporters from space. "I'm ready to land at any of the three sites.
Boeing KC-767 Tanker for Japan Completes First Flight
“This first flight represents an enormous step in meeting Japan ’s strategic “Leveraging more than 540 hours and 180 flights on our Italian KC-767 in flight Systems is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses.
First Images From Hinode Offer New Clues About Our Violent Sun
"The checkout phase is crucial because it allows controllers to confirm the spacecraft's instruments are working properly," says John Davis, NASA project scientist at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
XMMNewton payload and science operations
Contribute to the maintenance of the XMMNewton Flight Operations plan. Prepare, validate and conduct critical operational activities for instruments of competence. Provide support to other SOC units on instrument support aspects,
NASA predicts next Solar Cycle will be one of the intense on record
Solar cycle 24, due to peak in 2010 or 2011 "looks like its going to be one of the most intense cycles since record-keeping began almost 400 years ago," says solar physicist David Hathaway of the Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA Astronaut Glad to be Home After ISS Flight SPACE.com
SPACE.com - NASA astronaut Jeff Williams is glad to be back on Earth with his family, friends and some long-sought peace and quiet after six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Originally from Yahoo! News: Science News
NASA and Google aim for virtual space travel
canyons of Mars and experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon thanks The Space Act Agreement is the first in a series of collaborations company and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Space shuttle may have to land in New Mexico
Space shuttle may have to land in New Mexico Astronauts on board the shuttle Discovery tested landing systems on Thursday while flight directors considered the
Looking for Daylight
They lengthened the flight a day to squeeze in that extra spacewalk. iffy both at the Kennedy Space Center and Edwards Air Force Base in California. cheaper to have astronauts stay in space than to have them land in California.
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