Read more space shuttle stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3257/space-shuttle.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-12T19:32:37http://www.newser.com/story/81464/racing-bad-weather-shuttle-endeavour-lands-in-florida.htmlThe first of the space shuttle program's final five missions ended without a hitch tonight as Endeavour landed at Cape Canaveral, beating bad weather forecast for the Florida coast. "Houston, it is great to be home," the mission commander said after returning from the International Space Station on the first...http://www.newser.com/story/81464/racing-bad-weather-shuttle-endeavour-lands-in-florida.html2010-02-22T04:00:48http://www.newser.com/story/81395/shuttle-crew-return-moon-rock-to-space.htmlThe Endeavour shuttle departed the ISS last night, leaving behind the station's new connecting hub and observation deck as well as one well-traveled lump of rock. A lunar rock brought to Earth by Neil Armstrong and brought to the top of Mount Everest by astronaut Scott Parazynski is now an...http://www.newser.com/story/81395/shuttle-crew-return-moon-rock-to-space.html2010-02-20T05:34:11http://www.newser.com/story/80909/space-station-gets-observation-deck.htmlAfter a long night spent struggling with bolts and wiring, astronauts have attached a new observation deck complete with glass lookout dome to the International Space Station. Two of the astronauts used a giant robotic arm to move the observation deck—which is expected to provide unprecedented 360-degree views of...http://www.newser.com/story/80909/space-station-gets-observation-deck.html2010-02-15T11:36:00http://www.newser.com/story/80333/shuttle-blasts-off-on-last-night-flight.htmlThe shuttle Endeavour lifted off early this morning from Cape Canaveral in what will likely be the last nighttime launch of the soon-to-end space shuttle program. The six astronauts on board are hauling a new room and observation deck up to the International Space Station, where they are set to...http://www.newser.com/story/80333/shuttle-blasts-off-on-last-night-flight.html2010-02-08T10:44:54http://www.newser.com/story/80260/clouds-delay-last-nighttime-shuttle-launch.htmlClouds prevented space shuttle Endeavour from blasting off this morning on the last planned nighttime shuttle launch, delaying its trip with a final few building blocks for the International Space Station. Launch time was re-scheduled for 4:14am tomorrow. It's expected to be the last shuttle launch in darkness; only...http://www.newser.com/story/80260/clouds-delay-last-nighttime-shuttle-launch.html2010-02-07T12:00:28http://www.newser.com/story/79796/obama-budget-pulls-plug-on-moon-travel-program.htmlThe proposed federal budget would end NASA’s Constellation program, a Bush administration effort to return to the moon, along with the Ares rocket the agency had intended as a replacement for the space shuttles. President Obama's budget plan said the program “was over budget, behind schedule and lacking in innovation....http://www.newser.com/story/79796/obama-budget-pulls-plug-on-moon-travel-program.html2010-02-01T21:45:00http://www.newser.com/story/78418/fire-sale-nasa-slashes-price-of-shuttles-32.htmlNASA space shuttles are now priced to sell. The space agency cut the per-shuttle price from $42 million to $29 million for Endeavour and Atlantis, reports the Orlando Sentinel . NASA is retiring the fleet at the end of the year and hopes museums or schools want them for display. The...http://www.newser.com/story/78418/fire-sale-nasa-slashes-price-of-shuttles-32.html2010-01-16T16:53:52http://www.newser.com/story/78282/nasa-finds-cocaine-at-shuttle-facility.htmlNASA is investigating 200 staffers and rechecking shuttle equipment after finding cocaine at a Florida facility charged with servicing the shuttle Discovery. The agency drug-tested each of the employees after finding drug residue in a plastic bag, but it hasn't released results. NASA will double-check Discovery's systems to make sure...http://www.newser.com/story/78282/nasa-finds-cocaine-at-shuttle-facility.html2010-01-14T22:41:28http://www.newser.com/story/74658/atlantis-crew-finishes-mission.htmlAstronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis finished the final spacewalk of their mission at the International Space Station today, clearing the way for their return Wednesday. Astronauts Robert Satcher and Randy Bresnik installed a science experiment that will test how materials, including a new kind of Teflon, hold up to...http://www.newser.com/story/74658/atlantis-crew-finishes-mission.html2009-11-23T20:55:31