HUBBLE SPACE SCOPE: 20 YEARS OF COSMIC AWE - In the last 20 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized the way humanity views the universe. In many ways, it may have been the most influential telescope since Galileo peered at the night sky with one four centuries ago. In the last 20 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized the way humanity views the universe. In many ways, it may have been the most influential telescope since Galileo peered at the night sky with one four centuries ago.    More
(Source: Fox News - Apr 25)

X-37B ROBOTIC SPACE PLANE LAUNCHED - Thursday night the Air Force launched what looks like a smaller version of the shuttle. It's called the "baby space shuttle," a 29-foot test plane that will become the next generation of re-usable spacecraft. The X-37B blasted off from Cape Canaveral carrying a secret payload of experiments. The Air Force will not reveal what those experiments are, and they are not telling how long the craft will be in orbit. While the remote-controlled X-37B is designed to stay in orbit up to 9 months, the Air Force will only say that this will 'not' be a "quick up and down test" flight.    More
(Source: NewsChannel 9 - Apr 23)

DISCOVERY LANDS IN FLORIDA - Space shuttle Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station. With Commander Alan G. Poindexter and Pilot James P. Dutton Jr. at the controls, space shuttle Discovery descended to a smooth landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-131 crew members concluded their successful mission to the International Space Station when the shuttle touched down at 9:08 a.m. EDT.    More
(Source: NASA - Apr 20)

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 - 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 - 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)

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