Space

Atlantis takes off for it’s final mission, July 8th, 2011. This will end 30 years of Shuttle flight, that began with space shuttle Columbia. The 4 man crew wraps the program with a 12 day mission. Bringing supplies and spare parts, they’ll also work on a robotic refueling experiment.  Future …

What was that?!  That was the asteroid dubbed “2011 MD”.  It flew by earth at about 12000 miles per hour.  Discovered June 22, the asteroid came so close that amateur astronomers were able to get a glimpse. Some say this stray would have broken up in the atmosphere. Other scientist …

The countdown is on for Space Shuttle Endeavour.  Launch has been re-scheduled for May 10th, after failure in a power distribution box. The launch marks the next to last shuttle mission.  Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for launch on June 28 at 3:40pm.  An estimated 1 million launch watchers are expected …

NASA’s Stardust-NExT Mission comes to a successful end. On February 24, 2011, NASA engineers commanded the Stardust spacecraft to burn its remaining fuel.  The fuel burn being used as a future measure of fuel consumption and efficiency. Originally launched to collect particles from comet Wild 2, Stardust was then commanded …