Shuttle News

STS-128 Countdown Resumes “The countdown for the launch of space shuttle Discovery’s STS-128 mission is under way again. The count resumed at 8:34 a.m. EDT at the T-11 hour point […]

STS-128 Update: Mission Managers to Meet Today at Noon “The testing of the liquid hydrogen fill and drain valve in shuttle Discovery’s main propulsion system is complete. The valve and […]

Hydrogen valve in Discovery scrubs tonight’s launch, SpaceflightNow “Trouble with a critical hydrogen fill-and-drain valve in the shuttle Discovery’s aft engine compartment forced NASA managers to call off an attempt […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth “Space shuttle Endeavour touched down at 10:48: a.m. EDT. at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Commander Mark Polansky is expected to make a […]

Opportunities to Improve the Management of the Space Flight Awareness Honoree Launch Conference Event, NASA OIG “Although H.R. 6063 prohibits NASA from funding SFA Conference events during FY 2009, we […]

Keith’s note: Fox News is reporting that NASA is “grounding” the Shuttle fleet until it finds out what caused the foam shedding on the launch of STS-127. Shuttle Flights On […]

Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, Orlando Sentinel “NASA’s biggest concern involved eight or nine pieces of foam insulation seen breaking off from the external fuel tank […]

NASA’s Shuttle Endeavour Launches to Complete Japanese Module “Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew launched at 6:03 p.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission […]

NASA to cut 400 jobs, contractor says, CNN “Four hundred space shuttle employees will be laid off beginning in October, a spokesman for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration contractor […]

Keith’s note: STS-127 has been scrubbed once again. Next attempt on Wednesday at 6:03 pm EDT. Live webcast coverage by Miles O’Brien and David Waters at Spaceflight Now. Video below.