The Chase Begins

It’s been a few months since we first conceived of Chasing Atlantis. Watching Endeavour land for the last time earlier in the Spring made the end of the Shuttle Program quite real to me. I began reflecting on how often I was inspired by the launches, the shots from orbit, the astronauts themselves. I awoke in the middle of the …

T minus 23 days until the final launch of STM-135

Atlantis’ Tanking Test Today Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:28:47 GMT The start of space shuttle Atlantis’ tanking test today will be later than originally scheduled due to storms that moved through the area of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center yesterday afternoon and evening. Filling of Atlantis’ external fuel tank with more than 500,000 gallons of super cold liquid oxygen and liquid …