shuttles
Science
Atlantis Home Safe, Most Dangerous STS Mission Ever Finally Complete
2:17AM Jack Loftus | The space shuttle Atlantis returned home to terra firma a few moments ago, thereby marking the end to one of NASA’s most ambitious—and dangerous—space missions to date. [CNN] More »
Science
Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh
8:11PM John Herrman | NASA’s latest Hubble repair mission was—even as orbital repair missions go—a tough one. It’s great news, then, that they’ve finished repairing the rickety old telescope, which they’ll release this morning. So they celebrated. More »
Cameras
Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
9:56PM John Herrman | It’s difficult to imagine a more epic scene, but this photo has modest origins: amateur Astronomer Thierry Legault shot it with nothing but his own telescope, a solar prism and a Canon 5D Mk II.
Science
Most Dangerous Shuttle Mission Ever Gets Off to a Rough Start
11:00PM John Herrman | They may have made it to space without blowing up, but just one day into their famously dangerous mission, the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis already have something to worry about: heat shield damage. More »
Science
Space Shuttle Launch Live Video Coverage Here
1:17AM Jesus Diaz | Space week may be over, but the epic quest to reach the stars lives on. Atlantis is launching today in the riskiest shuttle mission ever. See the launch live. [Update: Atlantis is now in space] More »
Random Stuff
Shuttle-Riding Bat Dies The Most Glorious Death Imaginable
11:40PM John Herrman | On a cool spring eve March 15th, 2009 a bat, crippled and wistful, clung to the Space Shuttle Discovery as it was thrust toward the great beyond. Goodbye and godspeed, my magnificent Spacebat. More »
Design
The Abominable Snow Shuttle
3:20AM Mark Wilson | Spotted at the MTU Winter Carnival, the snow shuttle flies great until you fire up the rockets or some dog pees on the stabilisers. galleryPost('snowstatuemodo', 4, ''); [Picasa Thanks Aaron!] More »
Science
Cool Flash Graphic: Every Craft In NASA’s Constellation System, Deconstructed
5:00AM John Mahoney | Accompanying a long piece on the future of NASA’s Orion/Constellation system, the NYTimes threw together a nice Flash graphic detailing the individual components of what may or may not (ahem Financiapocalypse) replace the Space Shuttle. More »
Gadgets
Space Origami Kit (Pew, Pew, Blast Off, Etc)
5:15AM Mark Wilson | Paper cranes are alright, but they won’t match our bedsheets. More »
Vehicles
