If you get a chance, take a look at this month's Air & Space magazine. There's an article on Hoot Gibson. What's very interesting is he reveals a detail of...

http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN3141319820090331

"Discovery brought back four to five liters of recycled water that had been the astronauts' urine and sweat. The water was produced after Discovery delivered a...

I lost the connection with just two minutes to go and missed the landing. :-(

2:08pm EDT for the de-orbit burn and 3:14pm for the landing. That's just under two hours away.

This post is to let you know that sci.space.tech is now being moderated again. Moderation of sci.space.science will soon follow. George Herbert has...

The subject of STS-125 and the Hubble's orbit came up on another group. I misremembered it being in an equatorial orbit when of course (duh) it was launched...

On Feb 5, 1:41 pm, Bossman2 wrote: http://tinyurl.com/VIDEO-The-Secret-Nikola-Tesla Movie with Orson Welles (on english) Life...

No wonder the Shuttle is so pharking expensive to operate! Any news on the nitty-gritty of the Orion hatch; number of people needed for closure?

What's the typical apogee for the ET of a Shuttle mission bound for ISS? D. -- Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink....

STS-119 - FLIGHT DAY 4 HIGHLIGHTS http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4758 STS-119 - MISSION STATUS FD...

Is there a video which tracks the SRB's from separation, through chute deployment and splash down? I've never seen anything like this on NASA...

STS-119 - RENDEZVOUS PITCH MANEUVER http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4785 STS-119 - DISCOVERY DOCKING TO...

When they show a plot of an eclipse or the orbit of the space shuttle it always makes a sine wave. Are there any satellites going around the earth at the poles...

So where exactly does the nearly always commented on fogging of windows come from during launch? I'd have thought that as its always accelerating the crud...

STS-119 - LAUNCH REPLAYS http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4778 STS-119 - ASCENT FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM VIDEO...

Just thought you'd like to know, if you didn't already.

I'm in Fort Lauderdale. Where do I look from here to try and see the shuttle tonight?

STS-119 - Rotating Service Structure Retraction http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4831 STS-119 - Tanking...

Just heard the station discussing it with ground so this is good news. Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any...