Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ, said Tuesday that he will be retiring from NASA after 25 years of working with the space agency.
Three weeks after landing the Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of its final voyage, Captain Mark Kelly said he’ll be retiring from NASA and the U.S. Navy to be with his wife, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, as she recovers from gunshot wounds suffered in January, Reuters reported.
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said NASA has been an absolute case study in why bureaucracy can't innovate.
Satoshi Furukawa, a Japanese astronaut, has said that he will try to grow cucumbers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when he arrives there later this week.
An image of the space shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS.
A look back at some of Endeavour's most memorable moments.
Endeavour hove into view through the night skies above Kennedy Space Centre just after 0230 EDT (0635 GMT), bringing its six-man crew home after a 16-day mission to deliver a premier science experiment to the International Space Station on NASA's second-to-last shuttle flight.
After a 19-year career and 299 days spent in space, the youngest NASA shuttle Endeavour touched down for the last time at approximately 2:36 am Eastern. It landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Endeavour is set to make its final return voyage to Earth.
The 6-member crew of space shuttle Endeavour began its two-day journey back to the Earth from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday 11:55 pm (EDT) after delivering a $2 billion payload - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector or a cosmic ray detector - and a pallet of spare parts intended to tide over the orbital outpost after the shuttle program ends.
US space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), Sunday, and began its journey back to earth, marking the end of its 16-day mission of upgrading the orbiting space laboratory.
Endeavour's heat shield is damaged but the space agency has cleared it for re-entry as it doesn't pose a major safety problem.
NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, commander of the STS-134 space shuttle mission, made a statement aboard the International Space Station about the future of space exploration. In addition, as he spoke from space Kelly showed off his wedding ring, which he wears around his neck.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), worth $2 billion, was placed outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday. The device will be used to discover new forms of matter in outer space, NASA said.
The Endeavour astronauts, aboard the orbiting space station complex, are close to accomplishing the primary objective of their mission, NASA said.
The Endeavour space crew made a safe and successful docking at the International Space Station led by mission commander Mark Kelly. The two day flight began with an emotional launch with Kelly's wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in attendance.
Endeavour docks at the ISS and begins preparation for the first space walk on Friday.
Space shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station (ISS) for the 12th and the last time on Wednesday keeping harmony with its swansong mission, reports from NASA said.
Space shuttle Endeavour is presently catching up with the International Space Station (ISS) prior to the time that was expected for the docking of the spaceship, NASA reported.
Endeavour spends its first day in orbit performing a standard scan of the space shuttle's thermal protection system using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System.
Endeavour makes its final trip into space; here is a look at the photos of the launch.
Endeavour's final launch was successful and without issue.
