The visitor center at Johnson Space Center is getting one heck of a new exhibit. Say hello to the Space Shuttle Transporter 747, and eventually the Space Shuttle mock-up Independence.
Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, is calling on NASA to announce the design for the next generation Space Launch System, or SLS, before more jobs are lost.
There was stark symbolism in the night time landing of the space shuttle Atlantis early today in Florida. As Atlantis came down in the darkness, ending 30 years of shuttle missions, the entire American space program also went into the dark. No one can say for sure when the sun will rise on it again.
The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission Friday morning.
Thousands gathered to watch the blast off, the final of the 30-year-old shuttle program, CNN reported.
Astronaut Mark Kelly says he's still waiting for his wife's doctors to decide if she's well enough to travel to Florida to watch his launch in the Space Shuttle Endeavour three weeks from now.
NASA is getting ready to retire its fleet of Space Shuttle orbiters, and cities all over the country are stepping up their political and public relations efforts to get one of them to put on public display. Houston may or may not get one of them. Politics could keep it from happening.
The space shuttle Discovery has flown its last mission, but it's not going to disappear into a storage hangar anywhere. NASA says Discovery will go to a very public place where it will be on display for years to come.