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Atlantis Is Go For May 14 LaunchCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 06, 2010 Launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-132 mission to the International Space Station officially is set for May 14 at 2:20 p.m. EDT. Top NASA managers made the decision at the end of Wednesday's Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "We had a very thorough review today. We went through all the things that happened on the vehicle, both the shuttle and also the station," said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations. "The vehicle is ready to go fly. ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) May 5, 2010NASA gave the green light Wednesday for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, officially setting the mission clock on its journey to the International Space Station for May 14 at 2:20 pm (1820 GMT). The decision from top managers at the US space agency came at the end of a flight readiness review at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, NASA said in a statement. Weather permitting, the mis ... more  
Castel Gandolfo, Italy (AFP) May 4, 2010Jesuit priest Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican's astronomic observatory, says star-gazing brings him closer to God. "I became an astronomer in order to get closer to God who created the universe," said Funes at the observatory in the vast park surrounding the pope's summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. "We wonder the same things that our secular colleagues do - how ... more  
West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 05, 2010Astronauts could one day tend their own crops on long space missions, and Purdue University researchers have found a healthy candidate to help satisfy a sweet tooth - a strawberry that requires little maintenance and energy. Cary Mitchell, professor of horticulture, and Gioia Massa, a horticulture research scientist, tested several cultivars of strawberries and found one variety, named Sea ... more |
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JAGM Can Be Employed From Super HornetTucson AZ (SPX) May 06, 2010 Raytheon and Boeing have completed wind tunnel testing of the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. The test proved the team's JAGM can be flown and employed from the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet's outboard wing station. "The warfighter can place a full Raytheon-Boeing JAGM missile load on the outer wing stations, enabling the system to safely exceed the objective load-out requirement on the Super Hornet," said Bob Francois, Raytheon vice president of Advanced Missiles and Unmanned Systems. The Raytheon-B ... read more |
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