STS-132 – Spaceflight Now

September 28, 2021

Breaking News

[ September 27, 2021 ] New eye on planet Earth rockets into orbit from California Atlas 5
[ September 27, 2021 ] Launch timeline for Atlas 5’s mission with Landsat 9 Atlas 5
[ September 27, 2021 ] Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base Atlas 5
[ September 26, 2021 ] Monday launch from California begins countdown to Atlas 5 retirement Atlas 5
[ September 24, 2021 ] Photos: Landsat 9 encapsulated inside Atlas payload shroud Atlas 5

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…May 14 and STS-132

May 14, 2015

On this day in 2010, Atlantis on her next-to-final mission launches with Russia’s Rassvet mini module for the International Space Station