Topic: Florida

From now until Sunday, as the two spacecraft circle the Earth every 90 minutes, they should be visible to sky gazers across the globe. And that's especially true given that the shuttle is docked with the space station during its current mission. ...

NASA astronauts attach new room to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA astronauts attached a Russian docking and research module onto the International Space Station on Tuesday, bringing the $100 billion complex to near completion.The compartment, known as Rassvet -- Russian for "dawn" -- was delivered aboard shuttle ...

Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday on NASA's third-to-last shuttle mission to the International Space Station.Atlantis roared off the launch pad at 2:20 p.m., carrying six astronauts on ...

Space shuttle Atlantis poised for final flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA cleared the space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff on Friday to deliver a Russian docking module to the International Space Station on what is expected to be the ship's final flight.Launch is targeted for 2:20 p.m. EDT ...

Discovery shuttle makes safe return to Earth

Shuttle Discovery touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Tuesday, making a safe return to Earth after a two-week resupply mission to the orbiting International Space Station. Copyright 2010 AFP Global Edition
The space shuttle Discovery passed up the first opportunity to land in Florida early Tuesday because of fog and rain showers at the Kennedy Space Center.NASA's Mission Control is now looking to a possible landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at ...

Fog, rain again delay shuttle Discovery landing

The space shuttle Discovery passed up the first opportunity to land in Florida early Tuesday because of fog and rain showers at the Kennedy Space Center.NASA's Mission Control is now looking to a possible landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, at ...
KENNEDY -The shuttle Discovery, delayed a day by cloudy Florida weather, glided to a pinpoint landing here on Tuesday morning to close out an extended space station assembly mission. Discovery plunged back into the discernible atmosphere at an altitude of about 76 ...

NASA delays shuttle Discovery's return to Earth

Shuttle Discovery astronauts prepared on Monday for a second attempt to descend to Earth, after rain at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida forced them to wave off the first of the day's landing opportunities.Rainy conditions remained in the outlook for the ...
Shuttle Discovery astronauts were to make a second attempt Monday to return to Earth, after rain at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida forced them to wave off the first of the day's landing opportunities.Rainy conditions remained in the outlook for the ...