Kennedy Space Center

Is there life on Mars?

2011-11-28 12:59:00

Is there life elsewhere in the universe? It's a question that has long intrigued astronomers and science fiction buffs alike, and now the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has launched its most ambitious attempt yet to find the answer....

The shuttle's final flight

2011-07-20 12:34:00

The scheduled touchdown of the space shuttle Atlantis Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida marks the end of a 30-year era in the U.S. manned spaceflight program. The space shuttle Columbia first flew in 1981, and since then the National...

Catch ISS and Endeavour in Baltimore pass

2011-05-30 16:22:09

If skies are clear overnight, Marylanders may be able to catch the International Space Station and the shuttle Endeavour as they fly almost directly over Baltimore. It may be the last chance any of us ever gets to see a......

Last launch of Discovery

2011-02-25 16:22:13

I remembered the belching, billowing smoke at liftoff. I remembered the towering pillar of smoke as the shuttle climbs toward orbit. And I remembered suppressing the fear that something might go wrong.But as my son and I watched Discovery's launch......

Fay stalls, drowns Florida

2008-08-20 16:22:13

You can say what you want about the way the news media hype tropical systems that never really grow into 'dangerous' hurricanes. But Fay is a good example of why we can't afford to ignore the little storms.Although it never......

40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar mission

2009-07-15 00:00:00

On July 16, 1969 the crew of Apollo 11 blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the historic quest to put the first men on the moon. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of this achievement, Sun photographer Karl Merton Ferron acquired...

Workers celebrate 'return to flight'

2005-07-27 00:00:00

GREENBELT -- It happened again. A NASA space shuttle lifted off from Cape Canaveral yesterday morning, and tears pooled in Bruce Schneck's eyes. "Every time we fly, I well up," confessed Schneck, 52, a Baltimore native and Honeywell Technology...

At last, shuttle returns to space

2005-07-27 00:00:00

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - With the thunderous roar of 7.5 million pounds of thrust, equivalent to the power of a small nuclear device, America re-launched its era of space flight yesterday, sending seven astronauts into orbit aboard the space shuttle...

Goddard workers celebrate mission

2005-08-10 00:00:00

In the minutes before the shuttle Discovery landed at a California air base, just before the handshakes and sighs of relief, an unaccustomed silence descended on the Flight Dynamics control room at Goddard Space Flight Center. Technicians and engineers...

NASA's chief says flight by Discovery 'magnificent'

2005-08-06 00:00:00

HOUSTON - As the slightly damaged orbiter Discovery and its crew began preparations to undock from the International Space Station yesterday, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin defended Discovery's mission, calling it one of the cleanest on record. "It's...

Engineers: Analysis minimized danger

2003-02-05 00:00:00

Space shuttle mission managers at a key Jan. 24 meeting hastily approved a technical analysis that some shuttle engineers now say overlooked the fatal potential of debris damage to Columbia. The engineers told the Orlando Sentinel that the analysis --...

NASA says parts of Columbia's left wing recovered

2003-02-11 00:00:00

SPACE CENTER, Houston -- A wing fragment that may be the most significant piece of Columbia debris found since the space shuttle's disintegration came from the space shuttle's troubled left side, NASA has determined. Monday's finding is important to...

Space shuttle Discovery atop a modified 747 jumbo jet taxi's before leaving the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 headed to Washington, D.C..

2012-04-17 07:43:00

Shuttle Discovery takes off from Kennedy Space Center at daybreak aboard a modified modified 747 bound for Washington, D.C. , where it will become a Smithsonian exhibit.

2012-04-17 05:43:00

Space shuttle Discovery atop a 747 carrier jet departs the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday. Discovery is being transported to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

2012-04-17 05:36:00