Posts Tagged ‘NASA’
Discovery’s Final Launch Expected Today
The final launch of the space shuttle Discovery is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EST today. As a sort of grand finale, NASA is showing the whole thing -- from soup to nuts -- online today. Go to their web site, NASA TV, and you can get a look-see at what it takes to get a space shuttle off the ground. There will be launch commentary all afternoon. [...]
Soyuz Capsule Lands Safely After Delays
Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut Running finally landed safely in a charred Soyuz space capsule after delays on Friday. Dropping through a clear sky under a huge orange-and-white parachute, the Soyuz descent module landed upright and on target near the town of Arkalyk at 1:23 a.m. EDT (11:23 a.m. local time). NASA TV showed [...]
