NASA ANNOUNCES COLUMBIA INVESTIGATION BOARD

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe today announced the members of the Space Shuttle Mishap Interagency Investigation Board,…

Columbia Accident Overview

The Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts were lost today (Feb 1) when the vehicle…

ESA statement on Columbia

A day of loss and deep sorrow for the whole Space world The European Space Agency…

NATION’S FIRST SPACE “GEM” MARKS SAPPHIRE ANNIVERSARY

At a mere 31 pounds, it was tiny by today’s spacecraft standards. Yet, as it sprang…

STATEMENT BY NASA ADMINISTRATOR SEAN O’KEEFE

“This is indeed a tragic day for the NASA family, for the families of the astronauts…

Landers feel the heat on space missions

Space is certainly a cold place, but spacecraft have to face extremely high temperatures when they…

Jules Verne– Europes first Automated Transfer Vehicle

Today, about 90 percent of the hardware for Jules Verne, Europes first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)…

EDUCATOR ASTRONAUT PROGRAM SOARING

Nominations for NASA’s Educator Astronaut Program are in high orbit. Since the Program’s kickoff January 21,…

ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE READIED TO DETECT SOLAR STORMS

The nation’s newest environmental satellite, GOES-12, is being readied for operations, NASA and the Commerce Department’s…

SHUTTLE DESERT DUST EXPERIMENT DELIVERS

An experiment aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) has uncovered a new phenomenon. Researchers made the…