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Senator’s Bill Would Expand Shuttle Program

March 4th, 2010 | No Comments

In hopes of throwing a major kink into President Obama’s plans to scratch the space shuttle fleet at the end of the year, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson introduces legislation to keep the shuttles flying until at least 2013.
– The Obama administration’s plans to mothball the space shuttle fleet at
the end of 2010 would be derailed by legislation introduced March 3 by
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX). Under Hutchinson’s bill, U.S. manned
spaceflight would continue until at least 2013.

Four more
shuttle missions are…

Endeavour Kicks Off Farewell Tour of Space Shuttles

January 31st, 2010 | No Comments

The space shuttle program will begin marking off milestones as the fleet prepares for its final year before hitting the mothballs. The first of five flights in 2010 kicks off with a final night launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Feb. 7 on a mission to the International Space Station to deliver the Tranquility node, the final module of the U.S. portion of the space station.
– With the space shuttle fleet currently scheduled for retirement at the end
of the year, Endeavour begins the farewell tour with a Feb. 7 launch from
NASA’s Kennedy Space
Center, headed to the International
Space Shuttle. Five shuttle missions are planned in 2010; the last flight is
currently ta…

Weather Delays NASA’s Test Launch

October 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Foul weather and a wayward cargo ship conspire to force NASA to delay the first test launch of the Ares I-X rocket, currently scheduled to become NASA’s primary launch vehicle after the space shuttle is retired at the end of next year. NASA is now shooting for an Oct. 28 launch.
– Very few things went right for NASA Oct. 27 as the space agency attempted to
launch the Ares I-X flight test vehicle, the proposed space flight vehicle
scheduled to replace the space shuttle fleet. First, foul weather caused a
delay in the original 8 a.m. launch
and then as the weather opened a …

NASA Sets Critical Launch of Untested Rocket

October 26th, 2009 | No Comments

The space agency’s next-generation rocket gets its first test launch Oct. 27 from Kennedy Space Center. The Ares I-X rocket is designed to launch the Orion spacecrafts into space for low-orbit flights to the International Space Station and, eventually, the moon as NASA phases out the space shuttle fleet by the end of next year.
– NASA plans a $445
million, 2-minute test launch of its experimental test booster rocket Ares I-X
Oct. 27. Barring weather delays, which forecasters predict is likely, the Ares
I-X is scheduled for an 8 a.m. EDT launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39B.

The Ares I-X is currently schedu…