DISCOVERY TO DOCK WITH STATION TODAY - Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at 1:54 p.m. EDT. About an hour before docking, STS-124 Commander Mark Kelly and Pilot Kenneth Ham will guide the shuttle through a Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver, or back-flip, giving the Expedition 17 crew the opportunity to take pictures of the orbiter’s protective heat-resistant tiles. These photos will be sent to engineers on Earth for analysis. More (Source: NASA - Jun 2)
DISCOVERY IN ORBIT - May 31 5:11 p.m. EDT - Space shuttle Discovery rocketed into space safely this evening to begin a 14-day mission to attach a new scientific module to the International Space Station. Launch came at 5:02 p.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and set Discovery on a trajectory to intercept the space station in two days. More (Source: NASA - May 31)
NASA FUELS SHUTTLE DISCOVERY FOR LAUNCH - NASA fueled space shuttle Discovery on Saturday for a late afternoon launch to the international space station. Everything seemed to be going NASA's way, including the weather. With no hurdles in sight, the launch team pumped more than 500,000 gallons of fuel into Discovery's big external tank soon after daybreak, finishing on schedule in three hours. More (Source: Washington Post - May 31)
NASA CLEARS SHUTTLE FOR LIFTOFF ON SATURDAY - NASA managers cleared space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven for launch on Saturday to install Japan's research laboratory onto the International Space Station, officials said on Thursday. Liftoff is scheduled for 5:02 p.m. EDT (2102 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will be carrying a bus-sized lab module named Kibo, a Japanese word for hope. More (Source: Reuters - May 30)
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION LOADED WITH 'HOPE' - There's a lot of hope packed aboard the shuttle Discovery, bound for the space station. Kibo ("Hope" in Japanese) is set to be the newest, largest laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). The tour bus-sized room built by Japan is scheduled to launch aboard Discovery's STS-124 mission Saturday afternoon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. More (Source: Space.com - May 27)
CHINA LAUNCHES FIRST OF NEW GENERATION POLAR ORBITING SATELLITES - A Chinese CZ-4C Chang Zheng-4C launch vehicle - carrying the Feng Yun-3A satellite - has lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center located in the Shanxi province. More (Source: NASASpaceflight.com - May 27)
CHINA TO LAUNCH WEATHER SATELLITE FENG YUN 3 ON MAY 27 - China plans to launch the Feng Yun 3 weather satellite on May 27 morning, said China National Space Administration (CNSA) here on Sunday. The satellite would be carried by a Long March 4C rocket and lunched at the Taiyuan satellite launch center in Shanxi Province. More (Source: Xinhua - May 26)
NEW AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE RECEIVES OSCAR DESIGNATION - Earlier this week, Bill Tynan, W3XO, announced that Amateur Radio satellite Delfi C-3 has been issued an OSCAR number: Delfi-C3 OSCAR-64 or Dutch OSCAR-64. The shortened version of either of these two designations is DO-64. More (Source: ARRL - May 22)
NASA: SPACE STATION VIEW IS GOOD THIS WEEK - The U.S. space agency says this is a good week to get "an incredible view" of the International Space Station flying 220 miles above the Earth. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials say the station will be in nearly constant sunlight Wednesday through Friday, "offering an incredible view to sky gazers across the country." More (Source: United Press International - May 21)
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