NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Starts Move to Launch Pad at 4 a.m. Tuesday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis' rollout to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been rescheduled to begin at 4 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 31, as preparations for the STS-125 mission move forward. Atlantis is targeted to lift off May 12 to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.NASA Television's live coverage of the event will begin at 6:30 a.m. Video

Celebrate Apollo: NASA Commemorates the 40th Anniversary

WASHINGTON -- NASA is planning a number of activities and events in 2009 as America nears the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20. The events will celebrate the Apollo Program, its accomplishments, and the benefits to our lives today."Celebrate Apollo: Exploring the Moon, Discovering Earth" is an effort to engage the public and disseminate information

NASA Honors Apollo and Shuttle Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly

WASHINGTON -- NASA will honor astronaut Thomas K. "Ken" Mattingly, II, with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program. During a ceremony on Thursday, March 26, Mattingly will accept the award at the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University in Alabama and present it for display at the

Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy

Galaxies Collide to Create Hot, Huge Galaxy This image of a pair of colliding galaxies called NGC 6240 shows them in a rare, short-lived phase of their evolution just before they merge into a single, larger galaxy. The prolonged, violent collision has drastically altered the appearance of both galaxies and created huge amounts of heat -- turning NGC 6240 into an "infrared luminous" active

NASA's Shuttle Discovery Launches to Fully Power Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new crew member to the International Space Station.Discovery's STS-119 flight is carrying the space station's fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing

NASA Flying Wing Model Soars into National Air and Space Museum

WASHINGTON -- A flying model NASA built to research futuristic aircraft designs will spend its future in the United States' premier air and space museum.The 12-foot wing span blended wing body, or BWB, model, used during wind tunnel flight tests at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., is on long-term loan to the "How Things Fly" gallery at the Smithsonian