http://www.nss.org/missions/ Commentary from National Space Society leaders and members on ongoing space missions en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:57:54 -0500 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:11:31 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss After a succesful mission to the International Space Station, the STS-124 crew will be landing Saturday, June 14. The first landing opportunity is set for 10:15 a.m. EST at the Kennedy Space Center. It will be live on NASA TV,... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/06/sts124_homecomi.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/06/sts124_homecomi.html STS-115 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:57:54 -0500 While we folks on the ground were preoccupied with politics, the STS-124 and Expedition 17 crews were busy completing another chapter in the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). The crews delivered the Japanese Kibo module, performed three spacewalks... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/06/finishing_the_r.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/06/finishing_the_r.html STS-115 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:41:49 -0500 Click here for a University of Arizona site that is uploading Mars images as soon as they are downloaded from the Deep Space Network. Hre is the link in text: http://fawkes1.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?gID=318&cID=7... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/website_for_the.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/website_for_the.html STS-115 Sun, 25 May 2008 22:47:05 -0500 The first images sent back from the Phoenix lander on Mars have been received. The images show a stark Martian landscape, as well as self-portraits of components of the lander, including a solar panel and a landing pad. So far,... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/first_pictures.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/first_pictures.html STS-115 Sun, 25 May 2008 22:31:04 -0500 NASA's Phoenix lander has successfully touched down on Mars. A smooth atmospheric entry was followed by parachute deployment, separation, rocket firing and landing near the North Pole of Mars. The Phoenix probe, resurrected using backup equipment from a failed Mars... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/phoenix_lands_o.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/phoenix_lands_o.html STS-115 Sun, 25 May 2008 20:11:59 -0500 STS-124 is scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center at 5:02 p.m. on Saturday, May 31 for a scheduled 14-day mission. Those of us at the ISDC may watch it together! The primary objective of the flight is to... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/sts124_launch_s.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/05/sts124_launch_s.html STS-115 Sat, 24 May 2008 17:11:45 -0500 The next shuttle flight has been moved from May 25 to May 31, the Saturday of our International Space Development Conference (ISDC). Launch time is planned for 5:01 p.m. Come to the conference and cheer the launch with a bunch... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/sts124_reschedu.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/sts124_reschedu.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:19:02 -0500 The crew of STS-123 will be putting on quite a show Monday just before 7 PM CDT. That's when Endeavour will pull away from the space station, and the crew will peer out the windows with smiles on their faces... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/flying_off_into.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/flying_off_into.html STS-115 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:09:51 -0500 The station has a new room, and the world has a new moon (view, at least). The crews of STS-123 and Expedition 16 and 17 delivered and attached the Japanese pressurized logistics module this week. Japanese astronaut Takao Doi and... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/japanese_on_boa.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/japanese_on_boa.html STS-115 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:05:09 -0500 The Japanese logistics module and Canada's Dextre robotic arm are ready to launch inside Endeavor's payload bay on Tuesday March 11, 2008 in a spectacular night launch, scheduled for 2:28 a.m. EST. Japan's Takao Doi, who flew in 1997, will... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/next_up_night_l.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/03/next_up_night_l.html STS-115 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:07:07 -0500 Space Shuttle Atlantis has landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center, ending a successful mission to install the European Space Agency's Columbus module on the International Space Station. The landing frees up the US Navy for their attempt to intercept... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/atlantis_lands.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/atlantis_lands.html STS-115 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:39:29 -0500 The shuttle Atlantis is coming home, hopefully to Kennedy Space Center Wednesday morning (opportunities at 9:07 and 10:42 a.m. EST), but if not, then to Edwards AFB (two opportunities) in California. One way or another, they have to get down... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/the_way_home.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/the_way_home.html STS-115 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:22:03 -0500 NASA has decided to add another extra day to STS-122 to allow more time to outfit the new Columbus module. The flight had already been extended one day because of Hans Schlegel's unknown illness. Schlegel was feeling fine today as... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/flight_extended.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/flight_extended.html STS-115 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:11:31 -0500 Although timeline planning for a shuttle mission is exacting, NASA always makes provision for an extra day or two on orbit, should a contingency arise during the mission that requires a change of plans. Usually that extra day is tacked... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/the_extra_day_1.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/the_extra_day_1.html STS-122 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:14:02 -0500 The shuttle successfully docked to the station today (Saturday), and grappled the orbiter boom. While the boom was being lifted out, Mission Control called up and asked Commander Frick to call them on a private channel. Earlier, during a press... http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/spacewalk_delay.html http://www.nss.org/missions/archives/2008/02/spacewalk_delay.html STS-115 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:36:13 -0500