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[youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvSkoIL0tsc[/youtube_video] Video Courtesy of Suresh Atapattu For those of us that followed or worked on the space shuttle program, the fleet of flying gliders will always hold a very special place in our hearts. We will miss seeing Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour riding pillars of flame to orbit, hearing the twin sonic booms […] Former NASA shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach has joined United Launch Alliance (ULA) as the company's Director of Human Spaceflight Operations. Photo Credit: Jason Rhian Mike Leinbach is known as the straight-talking launch director that sent space shuttle crews thundering into space from 2000 until the very last shuttle mission, STS-135, which took […] The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA's First Space Plane, is a good book filled with amazing imagery. Photo Credit: Zenith Press The space shuttle era – is done. The orbiters are being decommissioned, stripped of the components that allowed them to travel in space. For those that followed the program, those […] On @ The 90 is a new weekly feature that contains editorials, reviews and other items of interest regarding the state of the U.S. space program in general and Kennedy Space Center in particular. Image Credit: Jason Rhian The Shuttle Era Ends – Now What? CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – Rolling out […] A recent photo opportunity conducted at the time of payload arrival at the launch pad was an opportunity for many to witness elements of the 30 year program. Image Credit: Jason Rhian CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – The day started with images of the end. The shuttle program’s end to be exact. As if […] Mission managers have announced that Discovery will be rolled back to the VAB. Photo Credit: Alan Walters/awaltersphoto.com NASA engineers are planning on conducting a tanking test of space shuttle Discovery’s external tank, no-earlier-than Dec. 17. Technicians have been hampered by local weather which has been extremely windy – and cold. Temperatures in the […]
It appears that, in their desperation, those that support the new space agenda will stoop to new lows to silence critics. Photo Credit: White House An Op-Ed posted on AmericaSpace concerning views about the Obama administration’s dramatic change in direction for America’s space program came under attack recently. However, rather […]
President Obama's policies have had a severely negative impact on America's space industry. Photo Credit: White House/Pete Souza During the 2008 election season the people of Florida’s Space Coast were nervous. The shuttle was set to retire and the Constellation Program that was set to replace the shuttle – was […] After initially opposing the Senate’s 2010 NASA Authorization Act, Amy Klamper at Space News is reporting in Garver, Bolden Urge Passage of NASA Authorization. Of the Senate’s Bill (S. 3729), Deputy Administrator Garver said, “We truly, truly believe that the time has come for us to have some clarifying direction.” “[S. 3729, incorporates] the […] |
 Next Launch Crew 2 on a Falcon 9 rocket from KSC,FL scheduled for: 22 Apr 21 at 10:11 GMT 22 Apr 21 at 6:11am Eastern 
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