shuttle launch

For a project commonly likened to the Apollo space program, the trip had the atmosphere of a shuttle launch.

One notable example of this was testing NASA's website used to stream video of the space shuttle launch.

Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach. "That was the data that allowed us to feel comfortable to take the vehicle back out to the pad. "

"Every launch is a little bittersweet, " Michael Moses, the shuttle launch integration manager, said at a news conference Friday.

One of the most beautiful photos I've seen of a space shuttle launch.

Seen here after rolling back before Thursday's shuttle launch, the RSS provides pre-launch access to the orbiter and its payload.

Nevertheless, to witness the last ever shuttle launch, of Atlantis, on July 8th, was a poignant moment.

"You'll see it all the way up the East Coast, " said Michael Leinbach, the shuttle launch director.

The show was expertly paced, it doesn't run like a countdown to a shuttle launch.

But Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach says some shuttle watchers probably will not return for the mid-May liftoff.

And don't come expecting a bird's eye view of a shuttle launch: Apollo is closed the week of a planned space shot.

Were these recent failures in the shuttle launch deliberately done to send a message?

The man on the right here is Fitzhugh Fulton Jr. , who was the project pilot in the 747 for those shuttle launch flights in 1977.

That would bump the shuttle launch into April.

At the same time, NASA reported an engine problem that could ground the shuttle launch.

One more holdup and they would have tied a record for the most shuttle launch delays.

Doctors have cleared Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to attend her husband - astronaut Mark Kelly's space shuttle launch on Friday,

Astronauts rehearse for shuttle launch