20 February 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully on its way to the ISS
...’s historic pad since it was last used for the Space Shuttle program almost six years ago. Following liftoff on the SpaceX Falcon... without manned launch capabilities since 2011 when the Space Shuttle program ended, with a 20-year lease under its belt...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
...launched rockets that carried astronauts to the Moon and Space Shuttle crews into Earth orbit a big, new American rocket... of sightseers, crowds not seen since NASA's last space shuttle flight seven years ago. Scores of journalists packed the space...
12 July 2019
NASA reassigns top leaders in Moon 2024 programme
...deputy, Ken Bowersox, a space station astronaut and five-flight shuttle veteran take over the role on an acting basis. Gerstenmaier ... Hill, who played a key role during the Space Shuttle Program. Hill, who previously served as the deputy associate...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
...for SLS unreliable. Meanwhile, refurbishing engines from the Space Shuttle programme turned out to be harder, and costlier, than... space flight capabilities NASA has attempted since the Space Shuttle Program began almost 50 years ago,” according to the...
03 June 2021
Nelson announces NASA’s return to Venus
...career, Nelson had the good fortune to serve as a payload specialist doing medical experiments aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. He said his experience looking down on the planet made him “more of an environmentalist,” which he suggested complements...
06 June 2024
NASA troubleshoots helium leaks after Starliner launch
... a watchword for delays during the US Space Shuttle programme and have also caused potentially life-threatening ... new commercial crew vehicles after the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011. Boeing ran into numerous technical issues, resulting in...
