http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13988231#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Space shuttle section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:19:38 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13988231#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 The Atlantis shuttle lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, bringing a close to Nasa's 30-year orbiter programme. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14220423#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14220423 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:05:03 GMT How will the town of Titusville survive the end of the space shuttle programme? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14205887#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14205887 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:16:28 GMT Nasa signs an agreement with rocket operator ULA to assess its Atlas 5 as a possible future launcher for human space missions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14194716#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14194716 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:27:50 GMT US President Barack Obama makes a telephone call to the International Space Station to discuss the end of the shuttle programme and the future of human spaceflight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14170124#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14170124 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:19:13 GMT The last spacewalk of the shuttle era is completed, as astronauts remove a faulty pump on the International Space Station. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14121532#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14121532 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:05:27 GMT The space shuttle Atlantis launches from Florida on a 12-day mission, marking the beginning of the end for the space shuttle era. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14077893#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14077893 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:30:56 GMT The four US astronauts who will crew the last ever space shuttle mission arrive in Florida to prepare for their Friday launch to the International Space Station. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14024109#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14024109 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:45:58 GMT The astronauts who will fly on the last ever shuttle mission have arrived in Florida to take part in a dress rehearsal for its last flight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13864592#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13864592 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:12:14 GMT The US space shuttle Endeavour brings its 19-year operational career to a close with a textbook landing in Florida. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13601008#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13601008 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:35:18 GMT Three decades in pictures and video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14056002#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14056002 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:33:58 GMT How far has the shuttle travelled since 1981? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14066133#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14066133 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:02:48 GMT Last mission captured in photographs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14082108#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14082108 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:44:18 GMT The shuttle era in pictures http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-13924591#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-13924591 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 23:31:33 GMT A guide to Nasa's famous spacecraft http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/space_missions/space_shuttle http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/space_missions/space_shuttle Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:24:41 GMT The take-off and launch of the space shuttle Atlantis in the final mission of the programme's 30-year history. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14232589#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14232589 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:58:09 GMT As Nasa launches its final space shuttle mission, a veteran astronaut has recalled the exhilarating experience of being thrust into space. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14073698#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14073698 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:18:08 GMT BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh looks inside the retired space shuttle Discovery, ahead of its move from Kennedy Space Centre to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13870032#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13870032 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:14:42 GMT The final space shuttle lift-off is expected to be attended by 500,000 people at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Friday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14073523#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14073523 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:34:09 GMT The crew of the shuttle Discovery, which is retiring after this mission, has paid tribute to "the most capable vehicle that has ever flown in space". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12593627#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12593627 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:24:37 GMT Space shuttle Atlantis is ready to make one last descent to Earth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14228442#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14228442 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:19:45 GMT 'The shuttle made possible the permanent presence of humans in space' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14173630#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14173630 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:16:18 GMT We detail five of the possible successors to the shuttle http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14089297#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14089297 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:11:30 GMT The Challenger disaster was both a tragedy and profoundly shocking http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12306318#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12306318 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:55:56 GMT How space fans are blogging farewell to an era http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14055743#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14055743 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:58:39 GMT Newsnight's Science editor Susan Watts visits the world's first fully commercial spaceport http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9531950.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9531950.stm Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:40:15 GMT