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Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Sep 10, 2010 The space shuttle Discovery rolled out of its hangar at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the first leg of its final mission into space, officials said. Discovery, the oldest space shuttle in NASA's fleet, was moved from its maintenance hangar early Thursday on its way to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building, Space.com reported. The move had been planned for Wednesday but a broken water main at the facility delayed the move, NASA said. Discovery's final fight will mark its 39th flight to space and NASA's 133rd shuttle flight since the program began launches in 1981. The mission will be the second-to-last before NASA retires the fleet next year. Discovery's final mission will deliver a storage room for the International Space Station and a humanoid robot assistant for the outpost's astronaut crew, NASA said. The launch is scheduled for Nov. 1.
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US Senate panel votes to extend space shuttle programWashington (AFP) July 15, 2010 A key Senate panel approved Thursday a 2011 budget proposal for the US space agency NASA that would extend the space shuttle program in a compromise from the Obama administration's demands. Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unanimously approved the legislation, after months of debate and criticism over President Barack Obama's plan ... read more |
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