STS-132 – Spaceflight Now

June 12, 2021

Breaking News

[ June 10, 2021 ] ULA delays Atlas 5 launch to study unexpected engine vibrations Atlas 5
[ June 10, 2021 ] Ground teams begin process to hoist SLS core stage onto its launch platform Mission Reports
[ June 9, 2021 ] Axiom signs deal with SpaceX for three more private crew missions Mission Reports
[ June 9, 2021 ] Long March 2F rocket rolls out to launch pad for China’s next human spaceflight Mission Reports
[ June 8, 2021 ] Relativity announces plans for fully reusable Terran R rocket News

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