News

NASA Worker Falls Off Space Shuttle Pad And Dies

Bad news keep piling on: A United Space Alliance employee died today at Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39-A, in Florida.


February 9, 2010
Science

The Last Nighttime Launch Of The Space Shuttle

If there’s something more spectacular than a space shuttle launch that’s a night shuttle launch. Sadly, the last one happened tonight. Happily, it was filmed in perfect high definition. Endeavour carries another last too:


July 14, 2009
Cars

Shuttle Delayed By Lightning

The little thing at the bottom of this image is the space shuttle Endeavour, which was supposed to launch today. That huge glowing thing is a lightning striking from the sky. Not surprisingly, the launch has been delayed: