Topic: Space Technology

Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA

The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday. "I think the real issue that the agency and the nation has to address is the expense," said ...
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Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle
The crew of space shuttle Discovery, from left, pilot James Dutton, mission specialist Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, commander Alan Poindexter, mission specialists Rick Mastracchio, Stephanie Wilson and mission specialist Clayton Anderson, leave the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to board the shuttle at ...
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NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights

NASA: Money key to keeping space shuttles flying longer, more missions technically feasibleWith space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month. NASA's three shuttles ...
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Discovery Shuttle Crew Arrives For Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test

Discovery Shuttle Crew Arrives For Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 5: NASA's STS-131mission specialist and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Naoko Yamazaki walks out of the operations and checkout building at Kennedy Space CenterMarch 5, 2010, in Cape Canaveral. The astronauts were participating in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a full dress rehearsal for their ...
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