Mission controllers are still hopeful that space shuttle Discovery can safely return to Kennedy Space Center…
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Weather Forecast for Landing Not Promising
The crew’s wakeup call at 12:21 a.m. EDT was “The Star Spangled Banner,” played for Commander…
Gazing at Earth
The STS-131 crew snapped this image as space shuttle Discovery remained docked with the International Space…
NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract
NASA has exercised an option to extend the period of performance of the contract with the…
STS-131 MCC Status Report #30
Space shuttle Discovery will spend another day in orbit after two landing opportunities at Kennedy Space…
Local Student Interns at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Justin Varner of Selinsgrove, Pa., has spent almost four months providing network engineering support to the…
STS-131 MCC Status Report #31
Space shuttle Discovery’s crew is prepared to return home Tuesday, as mission managers closely monitor weather…
NASA Announces A New Approach To Earth Science Data Analysis
The way we analyze planet Earth will never be the same, thanks to a new initiative…
Discovery Crew Performs Landing Preparations
The STS-131 crew powered up Discovery’s flight control system and tested the flaps and rudder that…
Landing Preparations for Discovery Crew
The crew of space shuttle Discovery was awakened at 12:21 a.m. EDT by Louis Armstrong singing…