Topic: Bill Gerstenmaier
The US shuttle Atlantis neared the International Space Station Sunday as its crew prepared to deliver tons of crucial new equipment to the nearly-completed orbital laboratory. The shuttle began its 12-day final trip Friday afternoon, when it blasted off from Cape Canaveral, ...
Astronauts aboard the US space shuttle Endeavour prepared on Thursday to inspect the heat shield for damage caused by debris that peeled off the external fuel tank during liftoff. The debris was spotted after the shuttle blasted off Wednesday from the Kennedy ...
The US space shuttle Endeavour Thursday headed for the orbiting International Station on a mission to complete work on the Japanese Kibo laboratory. The six Americans and one Canadian onboard Endeavour are scheduled to reach the ISS on Friday, where they will ...
NASA announced Tuesday it awarded two International Space Station (ISS) freight contracts totaling 3.5 billion dollars to private space launch companies Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC). NASA made a 1.9-billion-dollar order for eight launches to OSC of ...