Space Transportation System (STS-1 / STS-135)

I’m posting two little audio pieces to mark the end of NASAs space shuttle program which will (with any luck) conclude today with the launch of Atlantis (STS-135) in a few hours. The first is a short piece, imagining what

Portrait of a legacy

I mentioned in a previous post that no space shuttle has ever been fully photographed whilst docked with the International Space Station. However NASA has released today landmark portraits of Endeavour and the ISS taken by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli on the

Endeavour: An Ending (Ascent)

Earlier today, the US Space Shuttle Endeavour launched successfully on its final mission – it is now currently en route to the International Space Station where it will be delivering the $2bn Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. It will also be carrying a bunch of