Elton John's 'Rocket Man' Became NASA's Most-Played Wake-Up Song in Space

Wake-up calls date back to the Gemini program in the 1960s, when mission controllers began using music to greet crews at the ...
SpaceNews

NASA Announces Space Shuttle Program Update

NASA managers will brief media about the Space Shuttle Program and the next mission (STS-121), at 2 p.m. EST, Tuesday at the press site at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. It will air live on the Web and ...
SpaceNews

NASA’S Space Shuttle Program Update Rescheduled for April 28

NASA has rescheduled Thursday’s news conference on the Space Shuttle Program and processing for the next shuttle mission (STS-121). Program manager Wayne Hale will brief the media Friday, April 28, at ...
WWNO

A Virginia group wants to stop NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery from moving to Texas

Two senators from Texas want to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. NPR's David Folkenflik talks with activist Joe Stief of the group Keep The Shuttle.
Southeast Missourian

Accident raises questions about future of NASA shuttle program

NASA put shuttle launches on hold following the Columbia disaster, clouding the future of missions including assembly of the international space station, which has three astronauts aboard. Even with ...
Reuters

Timeline: NASA's 30-year space shuttle program winding down

(Reuters) - U.S. space agency NASA is ending its shuttle program this summer after two more missions. Shuttle Endeavour is due to launch on Friday on a mission to deliver a high-profile physics ...