Everyone around the world can come together for a “virtual” picnic provided by NASA in honor of the last space shuttle mission, the STS-135 flight with the four-person crew of the space shuttle Atlantis.
The U.S. space agency NASA has officially set the launch date for the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, by the space shuttle Atlantis: The end of an era, but hopefully also the start of a new one.
The crew of the NASA STS-131 mission has landed its space shuttle Discovery successfully and safety at the Kennedy Space Center, with the STS-132 crew preparing its mission of the space shuttle Atlantic, which already sits on its KSC launch pad 39A.
For the first time, NASA has provided a very interesting video of the recovery process of its shuttle's solid rocket boosters. Specifically, the U.S. space agency shows the SRBs recovered after being used in the STS-133 mission of space shuttle Discovery -- its last flight into space.
As the space shuttle program winds down, NASA’s prime shuttle contractor will be laying off about 15% of its workforce on October 1, 2010. About 1,300 space shuttle employees will be out of their space jobs in Florida, Texas, and Alabama.
NASA gave the space shuttle Endeavour and its STS-134 crew the “go for launch” on the morning of Monday, May 16, 2011. The 25th mission of Endeavour will be its last, and the next-to-last mission for the American space shuttle fleet.
The NASA space shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. It is ready for its final mission into space, STS-132, which is set to launch on Friday, May 14, 2010.
On April 12, 1981, the first U.S. space shuttle mission (STS-1) launched from the Kennedy Space Center. On April 12, 2011, NASA will celebrate 30 years of space shuttle flights.
The NASA space shuttle Atlantis made its last scheduled landing at 8:48 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. One space shuttle down, two to go. Happy retirement Atlantis!
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