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 last flight of the U.S. space shuttle program will land at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, July 21, 2011, ending the thirty-year manned space program of NASA.
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.
According to an announcement made by Lori Garver, NASA’s deputy administrator, on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, President Barack Obama has decided to use the Orion space capsule, one part of the now defunct Constellation Program, as an on-board emergency escape system for the International Space Station.
NASA announced on July 1, 2010, that it has confirmed the launch dates of STS-133 and STS-134. The space shuttle program is officially active through the end of February 2011.
The U.S. space agency NASA announced Tuesday, May 24, 2011, that its next-generation space capsule, which will take astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit, will be based on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle.
Former U.S. congressman and astronaut John Glenn says that our future space exploration can’t be “done on the cheap” and we “must do it right.” He recommends keeping the NASA Space Shuttle fleet.
With an on-time lift-off the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA launched its next-to-last Space Transportation System (STS) mission into orbit about Earth with a destination to the International Space Station.
With an on-time lift-off the space shuttle Endeavour, NASA launched its next-to-last Space Transportation System (STS) mission into orbit about Earth with a destination to the International Space Station.
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