Sunday, April 21, 2013
The launch was scrubbed Saturday for the second time.
The Antares rocket has ben rescheduled to blast into orbit Sunday after a second launch attempt expected Saturday was scrubbed because of upper-level winds. UPDATE: NASA reports an 80-percent chance of favorable weather at the planned 5 p.m. launch time with a two-hour window. If the third time's the charm and all goes according to plan, the commercial rocket, being launched as part of a mission to resupply the International Space Station, should be visible to million of people from the Eastern Seaboard as far west as central Pennsylvania. Orbital Sciences has released expected views of Antares from various vantage points. In Virginia, DC, and most other places on the east coast, the rocket is expected to rise no more than 10 degrees …
Friday, April 20, 2012
The space shuttle Discovery was transferred from NASA to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly.
Former Astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio) was the keynote speaker Thursday at the transfer ceremony of the orbital space shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian Institution. As the pilot of Mercury Friendship 7 in 1962, Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. Discovery arrived Tuesday, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Thousands gathered along roads and in parks to view its flyover of Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Discovery now becomes part of the permanent exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly. The Enterprise space shuttle currently on display at Udzar-Hazy was an atmospheric test vehicle, and is being replaced by Discovery. Enterprise …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Roadsides, parks and bridges were packed as people gathered to watch Discovery come home to Northern Virginia.
The orbital space shuttle Discovery arrived in Virginia piggyback atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747, with a T-38 escort. After an initial flyover of Dulles International Airport, the team headed into Washington, D.C., flying low along the Potomac River and past many of the monuments, memorials and government buildings. About an hour later, Discovery flew over Dulles once again, before its final approach and landing. Its new home is the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The Enterprise space shuttle currently on display at Udzar-Hazy was an atmospheric test vehicle and is being replaced by Discovery. Enterprise will be flown to JFK International Airport later this spring, then moved by …
Monday, April 16, 2012
The space shuttle Discovery to arrive at Dulles Airport Tuesday, weather permitting.
The National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center will open its parking lot (and the McDonald’s) at 8 a.m. Tuesday for those who want to see the arrival of the space shuttle Discovery. Bring a lawn chair and your breakfast. Parking is $15, the museum is free. The Udvar-Hazy Center parking lot is one of several locations, which the Smithsonian Institution included on its list of places to watch for the shuttle. Discovery will arrive piggyback atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747. Depending on weather conditions, the plane plans a flyover of the D.C. area between 10-11 a.m. prior to landing at Dulles International Airport. The Discovery arrival and landing depends on the weather, according to NASA officials. …
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Saturday, July 9, 2011
The City of Alexandria's own Craig Fifer was there. Watch the videos of the shuttle and Fifer taken by a Patch editor from St. Clair Shores, Mich., who kindly passed it along to us.
Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed off the launch pad Friday at the Kennedy Space Center and into space for the historic final mission for the program. The flight, which had been threatened by inclement weather leading up to the launch, lifted off nearly three minutes after its scheduled launch time. NASA held the countdown at T-31 seconds to confirm the refueling arm had fully retracted from the external fuel tank–which led to confusion among the thousands gathered at the media site–before the countdown resumed. With an estimated one million people watching along Florida’s Space Coast, which included hundreds of men and women from around the world viewing the launch as part of a NASA Tweetup, the three man and one woman crew lifted off from …
Susan Larson
12:41 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Thank you, Nick! More great photos shared in the Burke Patch Discovery Gallery. Your shots are awesome. more ›