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Former Administrator O’Keefe, Son Injured in Plane Crash That Killed Sen. Stevens
Aug 11, 2010 — WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden issued the following statement Tuesday about the plane crash in Alaska that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and injured former NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe and his son, Kevin: “We at NASA are deeply saddened by today’s news that former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and others were killed in [...]   Read more...

Final Night Shuttle Launch Set for Feb. 7
Jan 27, 2010 — NASA GIVES ‘GO’ FOR FEB. 7 AS FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE NIGHT LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a Feb. 7 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is planned for 4:39 a.m. EST, making this the final scheduled space [...]   Read more...

Atlantis Returns to Florida Ending STS-129
Nov 27, 2009 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5 million miles with a 9:44 a.m. EST landing Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, designated STS-129, included three spacewalks and the installation of two platforms to the International Space Station’s truss, or backbone. The platforms hold large [...]   Read more...

Atlantis Poised for STS-129 Launch on Monday
Nov 16, 2009 — The rotating service structure was rolled back Sunday evening revealing space shuttle Atlantis poised for launch. The STS-129 countdown is proceeding smoothly and on schedule. The astronauts will go to sleep around 9 p.m. and awaken at 4:30 a.m. EST. Also, at 4:30 a.m. Monday morning, the Mission Management Team will meet to give the “go” [...]   Read more...

Nov. 16 Launch Date Set for STS-129
Oct 30, 2009 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a Nov. 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. EST. Atlantis’ launch date was announced Thursday at the conclusion of a flight readiness review at Kennedy. During the meeting, senior [...]   Read more...

Successful Test Flight for Ares I-X
Oct 29, 2009 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket’s booster stage nearly 150 miles down range. “This is a [...]   Read more...

Ares I-X Launch Set for 8 a.m.
Oct 27, 2009 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has completed a review of the Ares I-X development rocket’s readiness for its flight test and selected Tuesday, Oct. 27, as the official launch date. Liftoff is scheduled for 8 a.m. EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X launch date was announced after a flight test readiness [...]   Read more...

Pad 39B Gets First New Vehicle in Quarter Century with Ares I-X Arrival
Oct 20, 2009 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad atop of a giant crawler-transporter at approximately 7:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday. The crawler-transporter left Kennedy’s [...]   Read more...

NASA Delays Atlantis to Favor First Ares I-X Launch
Oct 20, 2009 — WASHINGTON — NASA is targeting Nov. 16 for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-129 mission from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 4-day delay will accommodate the space agency’s efforts to launch the first Ares I-X mission later this month. Managers for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration Systems Mission Directorate met [...]   Read more...

NASA’s Ares I-X Ready for Rollout to Pad 39B
Oct 20, 2009 — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is poised for the rollout of the Ares I-X rocket to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first motion of the Ares I-X out of Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building is targeted for 12:01 a.m. EDT, on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The 4.2-mile journey is expected to [...]   Read more...