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DISCOVERY TO LAND AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space shuttle Discovery has completed its deorbit burn to slow the shuttle on its descent to a 9:08 a.m. landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The landing will take the shuttle over Vancouver, northeast Washington, near Helena, Montana, over central Wyoming, across Kansas to northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma, north of Little Rock, Arkansas, over Oxford, Mississippi, near Montgomery, Alabama, north of Albany, east of Valdosta and south of Columbus, Georgia, and, finally, over Florida east of Gainesville and west of Jacksonville.    More
(Source: NASA - Apr 20)


MONDAY LANDINGS WAVED OFF - Mission Control Entry Flight Director Bryan Lunney has given Discovery's seven astronauts a "no go" to perform the deorbit burn and decided to wave off the 10:23 a.m. EDT landing opportunity because of continued low cloud coverage at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The first Kennedy landing opportunity Tuesday is on orbit 237 with a deorbit burn at 6:28 a.m. and landing at 7:34 a.m. Edwards Air Force Base also is expected to be called up for Tuesday landing opportunities.   More
(Source: NASA - Apr 19)


DISCOVERY LANDING DELAYED - An unexpected cloud ceiling settled over the Kennedy Space Center area preventing space shuttle Discovery’s first landing opportunity. Mission controllers are hopeful that the cloud deck will clear out in time for the second opportunity at 10:23 a.m. EDT.    More
(Source: NASA - Apr 19)


VOLCANO'S ASH NO THREAT TO SPACE SHUTTLE LANDING - The ash cloud belched by an erupting volcano in Iceland may have disrupted air traffic over much of Europe, but it poses no threat to NASA's planned Monday landing of space shuttle Discovery, agency officials said. When Discovery re-enters the Earth's atmosphere Monday morning, it will be flying over the northern Pacific Ocean on a course that will take it over much of North America before it is due to land at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:58 a.m. EDT (1258 GMT).    More
(Source: Fox News - Apr 18)


SHUTTLE COULD PUT ON SHOW ACROSS NORTHWEST SKIES SHUTTLE COULD PUT ON SHOW ACROSS NORTHWEST SKIES - I'd say the stars are aligning, but that might just be too much of a pun to get away with... The Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to make a rare low pass over the Pacific Northwest as it makes its approach to landing at Cape Canaveral early Monday morning. According to Dr. Dale Ireland, who does all those cool time lapse videos we showcase here from Silverdale but is also an astronomy buff, says typically the shuttle's landing path is from the south or due west, but this time it going through our neck of the woods.    More
(Source: KOMO News - Apr 17)


GOES-13 IS AMERICA'S NEW GOES-EAST SATELLITE GOES-13 IS AMERICA'S NEW GOES-EAST SATELLITE - The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite known as GOES-13 became the official GOES-EAST satellite on April 14, 2010. GOES-13 was moved from on-orbit storage and into active duty. It is perched 22,300 miles above the equator to spot potentially life-threatening weather, including tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.   More
(Source: EurekAlert - Apr 17)


DISCOVERY UNDOCKS FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION DISCOVERY UNDOCKS FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 8:52 a.m. EDT. Shuttle Pilot James P. Dutton, Jr. will grab the stick and perform a fly around of the station, enabling his crewmates to conduct a photo survey of the complex. Weather permitting, the deorbit burn is planned for 7:43 a.m. Monday, leading to a landing at 8:51 a.m. at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.    More
(Source: NASA - Apr 17)


INDIAN ROCKET TUMBLES BACK TO EARTH DURING TEST LAUNCH INDIAN ROCKET TUMBLES BACK TO EARTH DURING TEST LAUNCH - A new hydrogen-fueled third stage tumbled out of control during the launch of India's most powerful rocket Thursday, dooming the $74 million test flight and dealing a blow to the country's burgeoning space program. The objectives of the sixth flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle "were not met fully," said K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Apr 15)


NASA EXTENDS SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT - The U.S. space agency NASA has added a day to the flight of the space shuttle Discovery to allow time to review a routine inspection of the orbiter's heat shields. NASA said Saturday a problem with Discovery's communication system prompted the extension. Astronauts will use communications equipment aboard the International Space Station to transmit heat shield video and laser scans to engineers on the ground.    More
(Source: Voice of America - Apr 11)


NASA PLANS TO REFUEL MOCK SATELLITE AT THE SPACE STATION NASA PLANS TO REFUEL MOCK SATELLITE AT THE SPACE STATION - The technology and tools already exist to allow people and robots to repair and refuel satellites in orbit. What is lacking is the recognition of that capability by senior government officials and a business model to enable commercial companies to profit from the enterprise, according to government and industry officials attending a workshop March 24-26 sponsored by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and held at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, Md.    More
(Source: Space.com - Apr 10)

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