Mississippi Business Journal » Space Shuttle http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Shuttle’s final journey delayed by bad weather http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/shuttles-final-journey-delayed-by-bad-weather/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shuttles-final-journey-delayed-by-bad-weather http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/shuttles-final-journey-delayed-by-bad-weather/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:01:30 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62760 HANCOCK COUNTY — The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route. NASA had planned for the 747 carrying the shuttle to take off from Kennedy Space Center today. The flight is now scheduled to take off at sunrise tomorrow. Low flyovers are still [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/17/shuttles-final-journey-delayed-by-bad-weather/feed/ 0 Shuttle to buzz Stennis during retirement flight http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/shuttle-to-buzz-stennis-during-retirement-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shuttle-to-buzz-stennis-during-retirement-flight http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/shuttle-to-buzz-stennis-during-retirement-flight/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:02:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62562 HANCOCK COUNTY — Space Shuttle Endeavour, headed for retirement in California, is scheduled to perform low flyovers — as low as 1,500 feet — as it passes NASA facilities in Mississippi and Louisiana. Stennis Space Center tested the orbiter’s main engines. Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is where the shuttle’s iconic orange external fuel [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/shuttle-to-buzz-stennis-during-retirement-flight/feed/ 0 Former space shuttle engines moving to Stennis http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/15/former-space-shuttle-engines-moving-to-stennis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-space-shuttle-engines-moving-to-stennis http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/15/former-space-shuttle-engines-moving-to-stennis/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:20:51 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=50565 HANCOCK COUNTY — The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center’s Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is underway. The RS-25D flight engines, repurposed for NASA’s Space Launch System, are being moved to NASA’s Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi. The Space Launch System (SLS) is a new heavy-lift [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/15/former-space-shuttle-engines-moving-to-stennis/feed/ 0 Last space shuttle comes home, ends 30-year era http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/21/last-space-shuttle-comes-home-ends-30-year-era/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=last-space-shuttle-comes-home-ends-30-year-era http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/21/last-space-shuttle-comes-home-ends-30-year-era/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:24:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=43749 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis is back on Earth, and the shuttle era is over. Atlantis and its four astronauts glided through the twilight Thursday and landed in Florida shortly before sunrise. Hundreds gathered near the runway to welcome Atlantis home — and to bid NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program goodbye. Atlantis’ successful [...]

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