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Endeavour

Last landing Space Shuttle Endeavour

The space shuttle Endeavour, atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, lands at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 in Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center.  Today’s flight… Continue reading

Shuttle Endeavour Ferry Flight Rescheduled to Sept. 19

WASHINGTON — NASA’s ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) is rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 19 due to an unfavorable weather forecast along the flight path on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Endeavour now is expected… Continue reading

Space Shuttle Endeavour To Make Historic Final Ferry Flight

WASHINGTON — Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA’s modified 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), will make the final ferry flight of the Space Shuttle Program era when it departs Monday, Sept. 17, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida headed… Continue reading

Shuttle STS-134 back from enhancing Space Station

The wheels of Space Shuttle Endeavour touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning at 06:35 GMT (08:35 CEST) after a 16-day mission that added a pioneering experiment to the International Space Station.

Endeavour and its six-man… Continue reading

Space Shuttle Endeavour Returns to Earth for Final Time Wednesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, June 1, completing a 16-day mission to outfit the International Space Station. If Endeavour lands Wednesday, it will have spent 299… Continue reading

NASA releases space walk photos of Endeavour mission

NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, is pictured outside the Qwest airlock during the mission’s first spacewalk from the International Space Station in this photo provided by NASA.

Endeavour docks with Space Station

Space Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station today at 12:14 CEST (10:14 GMT) after chasing it in space following a textbook launch on Monday. The 12 astronauts are now working together.

The hatches between the Shuttle and the… Continue reading

NASA’s Shuttle Endeavour Heads To Space Station On Its Final Mission

Space shuttle Commander Mark Kelly and his five crewmates are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 8:56 a.m. EDT Monday. The STS-134 mission is the penultimate orbiter flight and the… Continue reading

NASA Sets May 16 For Final Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch

NASA managers have set the liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour for 8:56 a.m. EDT on Monday, May 16. Launch attempts are available through May 26, except for May 21. The STS-134 mission to the International Space Station is the penultimate… Continue reading

SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH NO EARLIER THAN MAY 8

CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA managers have determined space shuttle Endeavour will not launch before Sunday, May 8, but will not officially set a new launch date until early this week.

After Friday’s launch scrub, Kennedy Space Center technicians searched for… Continue reading

Friday launch Endeavour is cancelled

Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach stated that Endeavour’s launch will be no earlier than Monday at 2:33 p.m. EDT. Engineers need that time to troubleshoot an issue that resulted in today’s launch scrub.

During today’s countdown, engineers detected a failure… Continue reading

Boeing Supports Space Shuttle Endeavours Final Flight

Company prepares orbiter, processes payload for Mission STS-134

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., April 28, 2011 — Boeing [NYSE: BA] engineers and technicians are supporting Space Shuttle Endeavour‘s final mission by helping to prepare the orbiter for its April 29… Continue reading