Iconic free-flying shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless passes away at the age of 80 News Brief: Retired astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft, has died at the… Read More
Interview: Astronaut Mike Massimino looks back at Hubble – and looks ahead to space tourism NEW ORLEANS – It’s apparently not enough that Mike Massimino is a former NASA astronaut, a best-selling author and an… Read More
India’s space shuttle prototype executes test flight and makes a splash landing India’s space agency says it put its winged space shuttle prototype, known as the RLV-TD, through a successful first test flight today.… Read More
Q&A: Space Shuttle Trainier set to make its Seattle debut On Saturday, the Space Shuttle Trainer will make its official debut at the Museum of Flight in Seattle — giving the public… Read More
Podcast Podcast: Space Shuttle Trainer and beyond, with Museum of Flight CEO Doug King A week from today, on Nov. 10, the Space Shuttle Trainer will make its official debut at the Museum of Flight… Read More
Museum of Flight lands trove of personal papers from NASA icon George Abbey They arrived at Seattle’s Museum of Flight in more than 100 boxes — nearly four decades worth of personal papers… Read More
The Super Guppy has landed: Scenes from the delivery of our Space Shuttle replica Updated at bottom with picture of the crew compartment after it was unwrapped. We (and our kids) had a great… Read More
Space Nerds Rejoice! The Super Guppy is on its way Calling all space-exploration enthusiasts, aerospace aficionados and other flight geeks: the Museum of Flight announced today that a vital piece… Read More
First piece of Seattle’s Space Shuttle Trainer arrives Seattle’s Museum of Flight today unpacked the first piece of its new Space Shuttle Trainer, unveiling one of three engine… Read More
Space Shuttle Day: Seattle gets peek at trainer as Discovery descends on D.C. It’s a big day for space nerds. On the East Coast today, Space Shuttle Discovery is making its final flight… Read More
Q&A: Charles Simonyi on the magic of space and the ‘coziness’ of the trip home Seattle’s Museum of Flight this week dedicated its new Charles Simonyi Space Gallery, named after the former Microsoft engineer and… Read More
Congratulations, Seattle: You’re getting a space toilet It just kept getting better and better at Seattle’s Museum of Flight today. First former, Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi announced… Read More
Wash. governor to NASA: We’re ready for Space Shuttle, while L.A. and NYC futz around NASA’s selection of new homes for the retired Space Shuttles has been more than a little messy. The space agency’s… Read More
Seattle’s Museum of Flight questions data used by NASA to pick homes for retired shuttles NASA staffers understated attendance for Seattle’s Museum of Flight and didn’t count Canadian visitors in their measure of the region’s… Read More
NASA report shows why Seattle didn’t land a Space Shuttle Seattle’s Museum of Flight was among the top contenders this spring for a decommissioned Space Shuttle — placing well ahead of many… Read More
Branson, Allen, Bezos gear up for the private space race At the very end of his recent autobiography, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen briefly teases ahead to a future project —… Read More
End of the Space Shuttle era: Tracking the Atlantis launch Weather permitting, NASA is less than an hour away from the scheduled launch of Atlantis, the final mission in the… Read More
Nerd Notes: The sport of bearding, the art of pitching a startup and the cult of Apple Germany takes one home in the name of bearding. The world’s grossest best beard goes to this guy. “When my… Read More
Getting to know our Space Shuttle consolation prize OK, so we didn’t get one of the real Space Shuttles. But the thing we got looks a lot like… Read More
