STF: STSF-131 Landing

George Schellenger and Tim Bailey report from the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center on April 20, 2010. Space Shuttle Discovery landed after nearly 16 days in space during mission STS-131. You can also check out our latest video of the STS-131 Landing on Vimeo!.

Extended STF: President Obama goes to NASA

George and Tim take a broad look at President Obama’s trip to NASA from Space X to Orion. What’s in it for you? How can you get involved? This time on the Space Task Force. Click here to download STF Video: President Obama’s Visit to KSC

STS-130, First of the Final Five Launches

After low-lying clouds scrubbed the first attempt, STS-130 took off at 4:14 am in what is scheduled to be the last night launch of a space shuttle. The Space Task Force was on hand for the historic launch of Endeavour–as we will be for each of these ‘Final Five’ launches in 2010. STS-130 is carrying [...]

STS-130 Scrub

This is what it looks like at 4:30am in the KSC Press Center when a launch is scrubbed. All eyes are on the Flight Director, waiting for his call. The launch polling just ended with two “NoGo” calls due to weather. Things have been tentative and getting worse all day. Finally, he makes the tough [...]

STF 30: A Piece of the Action

Click here for: STF30 – March 1, 2009 When it comes to space, states across America are looking to the future, ready for a piece of the action. We’ll take a look at Yuri’s Night, see why there’s extra space on board SpaceShipTwo and preview ISDC. Join us in the “No Gravity Zone” as we [...]

Episode 29: Orbital Mechanics Meets Orbital Junk

Click here for: STF29 – Feb 20, 2009 Is there enough space in space? George and Tim take on the big issues in this episode from colliding satellites to how it could impact a mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Plus – the debut of new music for Yuri’s Night – expanded dates for Yuri’s [...]

2007 X PRIZE Cup begins!

The 2007 X PRIZE Cup kicks off today at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, NM! This year the X PRIZE Foundation has teamed up with the Holloman air show to have a joint “Air & Space Expo” instead of two separate events. One of the signature events at the Air & Space Expo will [...]

STS-120 prepares for launch!

Space Shuttle Mission STS-120 is all fueled and waiting for launch! The Space Task Force has been busy working on the World Space Expo (coming up in only 9 days!) but we are taking a break to watch this amazing launch. We’ll give you a quick update later today to discuss the launch and the [...]

STS-120 prepares for launch!

Space Shuttle Mission STS-120 is all fueled and waiting for launch! The Space Task Force has been busy working on the World Space Expo (coming up in only 9 days!) but we are taking a break to watch this amazing launch. We’ll give you a quick update later today to discuss the launch and the [...]

iPhones in Space: STF Episode 10

“Roger, Houston. I have deployed the iPhone.Now if I could just get it activated.” Space Task Force Episode 10 Tim is back in studio to talk about his recent space adventures. We also have a special guest from NASA’s Ames Research Center to talk about the role you can play in the NASA CoLab website.My [...]

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