STS-121 – Spaceflight Now

December 5, 2022

Breaking News

[ December 4, 2022 ] Live coverage: Three Chinese astronauts land after six months in orbit Mission Reports
[ December 3, 2022 ] Astronauts install new solar array outside International Space Station Mission Reports
[ December 1, 2022 ] Orion capsule leaves lunar orbit, heads for moon flyby and return to Earth Artemis
[ November 30, 2022 ] SpaceX rocket trouble postpones Japanese moon lander launch Falcon 9
[ November 29, 2022 ] Chinese astronauts meet in space for historic crew handover Mission Reports

Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61

December 26, 2016

Former astronaut Piers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist who flew on three space shuttle missions to help construct the International Space Station, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.

OTD…July 4 and STS-121

July 4, 2015

#OTD in 2006…A star-spangled start to Discovery’s STS-121 mission