Robert Satcher is a doctor, chemical engineer, and astronaut who will board the shuttleAtlantis for his first trip into space on mission STS-129 on Nov. 16. Each astronaut is permitted to take 20 personal items onboard and Satcher, a long-time NBA fan …
Read Original Story: Robert Satcher, left, will be taking an NBA All-Star jersey on the Nov. 16 … – NBA.com
November 11, 2009 — With just six space shuttle flights remaining, the next scheduled to lift off next week, NASA has invited its past and present space program workers to design an emblem to mark the end of the shuttle era. The winning design will be …
Read Original Story: NASA launches in-house patch contest to mark shuttle era's end – Collectspace.com
I was 10 when Alan Shepard rode a Redstone rocket into space in 1961, and I had just graduated high school when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in the summer of 1969. I grew up juggling those technological triumphs with political assassinations, …
Read Original Story: Addison Gardner: Always Right – Aspen Times
NASA boffins have announced plans to fly a suitcase full of live butterflies up to the International Space Station, in a project appropriately named "Butterflies In Space". Scientists in charge of Butterflies …
Read Original Story: Butterflies In Spaaaace! – Register
The Titusville City Council on Tuesday joined the appeal to keep one of the space shuttle orbiters at Kennedy Space Center after the fleet is retired. "This state has cried and cheered for the …
Read Original Story: Titusville wants shuttle for KSC display – Florida Today
The new contract begins Dec. 1. It is comprised of a 10-month, $11.5 million base period value with two, one-year option periods, worth $10 million each, according to a NASA release. C&C International will provide administrative support services …
Read Original Story: C&C lands $31.5M space center contract – Orlando Business Journal
Technicians on Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida continue final checks of systems in the aft section on space shuttleAtlantis. Mission Specialist Mike Foreman participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit fit check …
Read Original Story: Atlantis and Crew Move Closer to Launch Day – Space Fellowship
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 11 (UPI) — Kennedy Space Center technicians in Florida started pressurizing space shuttleAtlantis‘ propulsion systems Wednesday, preparing the spacecraft for launch. NASA said the shuttle’s three main engines, …
Read Original Story: Space shuttle Atlantis readied for launch – United Press International
TITUSVILLE — The City Council has joined the fight to keep one of the space shuttles on the Space Coast once the fleet is retired. The Council approved a resolution Tuesday night to join Florida’s state and federal lawmakers in their appeal to keep a …
Read Original Story: Can Retired Shuttle Park Permanently On Space Coast? – Central Florida News 13
ScienceDaily (Nov. 10, 2009) — When NASA’s space shuttleAtlantislaunches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across …
Read Original Story: Butterfly Payload To Launch Nov. 16 On Space Shuttle – Science Daily (press release)
