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Space Shuttle

An unmanned Antares rocket is seen exploding seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in this still image from NASA video at Wallops Island, Virginia, on October 28, 2014.

These kids watched their science project disappear in the Antares rocket explosion

Science

Four Canadian students were ecstatic to have their science experiment headed to the International Space Station aboard the Antares rocket. So they gathered to watch the launch on Tuesday — only to see it explode live on TV.

Space shuttle Atlantis lands, ending NASA’s shuttle program

Environment

Mae Jemison’s Quest to Take us All into Space

Here Comes the Sun and It’s All Right

Behind the Scenes at Orbital’s Launch Facility

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Mdungu’s ‘The Gambian Space Program’

Arts, Culture & Media

Between 1987 and 2005, Gambia had an emergency landing strip available to NASA. In their recent album, the nine-piece band Mdungu pays homage to Gambia’s brief ties with space.

Why Space Junk Needs to be Taken Seriously

Environment

Report by the NRC suggests it’s time to take space junk seriously.

The World’s Last Remaining Taxi to Space

This morning marked the end of the space shuttle era for the nation and the world as the Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. How will astronauts get to space in a world without the shuttle? They will be hitching a ride with the Russians on the Soyuz space craft. The BBC’s Oleg […]

Space Travel in the Post-Shuttle Age

As the space shuttle Atlantis landed this morning, ending NASA’s shuttle program after 30 years without another method for astronauts to get into space on American-led missions, some are asking if this is a great leap forward for the space agency, or a small step back for manned space travel. That subject fascinates Pat Duggins, […]

Top of the Hour: Chapter Ends in History of Space Flight, Morning Headlines

Forty-two years and a day after Neil Armstrong became the first man to step foot on the moon, the space shuttle Atlantis landed at Kennedy space center, ending NASA’s shuttle program after 30 years.

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