U.S. astronauts gird for post-shuttle era

Former chief astronaut Steve Lindsey announced his retirement this week, the latest in a series of…

Shuttle and Station Crews Speak with President Obama

President Barack Obama called the combined crews of Atlantis and Expedition 28 Friday afternoon. The President…

Shuttle and Station Crews to Speak with President Obama

At today’s Mission Status Briefing, STS-135 Lead Shuttle Flight Director Kwatsi Alibaruho said that the mission…

NASA troubleshooting Atlantis shuttle computer

NASA was troubleshooting one of five primary computers on board the Atlantis space shuttle on Friday…

Galileo getting ready – Video

Credits: ESA TV, 2011

Lake Sulunga, Tanzania – Image

Credits: JAXA, ESA

General Purpose Computer Recovered and Operating

Atlantis Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley have reloaded software into General Purpose Computer (GPC)…

Crew Troubleshoots General Purpose Computer

Atlantis Commander Chris Ferguson has begun troubleshooting General Purpose Computer (GPC) 4, one of the four…

Atlantis Crew Awakened by Paul McCartney

Today’s wakeup song was ‘Good Day Sunshine,” by Paul McCartney, played at 12:59 a.m. EDT, along…

STS-135 MCC Status Report #14

Sir Paul McCartney awakened the crew of Atlantis today with a special message and the song…