After some delays over the weekend, this morning Endeavour lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in what was officially the last nighttime launch of the space shuttle. Watch the video of the liftoff and rocket separation below, recorded from NASA TV. The STS-130 mission carries the Tranquillity module to the International Space Station and the…
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Up, Up, and Away!
I don’t know what else to say except that this is pretty much the freakin’ coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. And you know that Lights in the Dark specializes in pretty freakin’ cool things. 😉 At 5:32 PM EST on Thursday, June 18, the Atlas V rocket carrying the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
News Post: T Minus 23 and Counting…
 In less than 23 hours from the time of this writing, the Kepler spacecraft will launch from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral, FL, ready to take its place in orbit and begin its mission searching a patch of space for evidence of Earthlike planets. Liftoff will take place at 10:49 PM EST on Friday,…
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