For space nuts in a hurry Question – what is the fire ahead of the tail? Flames from the tail are normal. The APU which powers the hydraulics vents excess energy after landing. The hydraulics system is what helps the crew to land since they have no engine thrusters at that point. The flames are [...]

First video posted on Internet after NASA’s life coverage – Mission STS130 is over. The night time landing is stunning. Flames from the tail are normal. The APU which powers the hydraulics vents excess energy after landing. The hydraulics system is what helps the crew to land since they have no engine thrusters at that [...]

Endeavour completes de-orbit burn and begins deceleration preparatory to landing in one hour The burn of 2 minutes slows down the Endeavour as a braking maneuver. This is the final move than means Endeavour will be landing shortly, about 1 hour from now.

Space Shuttle Endeavour orbits the International Space Station before returning to earth After undocking from the ISS, Endeavour performed a orbit of the ISS and flyby that produced stunning images of space. I stayed up late Friday night to capture this live. This is definitely for space nuts. The joint docked mission, STS 130, between [...]

The joint docked mission between the crews of the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour comes to an end this evening when the shuttle undocks from the station at 7:54 p.m. EST to begin the voyage back to Earth. At time of undocking, the Endeavour had been 11 days and 15 hours and 41 [...]

Mission crew complete the inside wiring and open the windows of the ISS to a 360 degree view of the Universe During the Day 10 space walk of astronauts Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken, mission crew inside were hard at work finishing the connections between the Tranquility module, the cupola and the International Space Station. [...]

Last of three space walks ends successfully At the end of the third day of working in space, astronauts Nicholas Patrick and Robert Behnken had completed the installation of the cupola. They took off the shields and ISS crew inside were able to open the cupola shutters for that 360 degree 3D view of earth [...]

This is the 2 minute summary version of the 28 minute video The International Space Station got one day closer to the installation of 2,600 cubic feet of Italian style living space on Day 5 of STS 130 Astronauts Bob Behnken and Nick Patrick stepped outside the relative safety of the ISS to complete the [...]

The International Space Station got one day closer to the installation of 2,600 cubic feet of Italian style living space on Day 5 of STS 130 Astronauts Bob Behnken and Nick Patrick stepped outside the relative safety of the ISS to complete the physical installation of the new Italian built Tranquility Module. They spent the [...]

NASA launched the SBO satellite atop an Atlas V rocket, making it the 2nd launch from Cape Canaveral this week. NASA – The Solar Dynamics Observatory was the first mission to be launched for NASA’s Living With a Star (LWS) Program, a program designed to understand the causes of solar variability and its impacts on [...]