when does nasa gov scheduled the launch of new shuttles?”
NASA is planning to retire the space shuttle forever in 2010. It looks like there are only 7 shuttle missions left. SHUTTLE FLIGHTS LEFT IN 2009 May 15 — Endeavour (STS-127 / 2JA) sets sail on its 23rd mission with the Japanese Kibo Laboratory’s Exposed Facility and Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section, the final permanent components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s contribution to the station program. During the 15-day mission, Endeavour’s crew will perform five spacewalks and deliver six new batteries for the P6 truss, a spare drive unit for the Mobile Transporter and a spare boom assembly for the Ku-band antenna. Mark Polansky will be Endeavour’s commander with Doug Hurley as pilot. Mission specialists will be Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Dave Wolf, Tim Kopra and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Kopra will become a station flight engineer replacing Koichi Wakata, who will return home with the STS-127 crew. It will be the 29th shuttle flight to
does nasa gov scheduled the launch of new shuttles All shuttle missions are subject to delays and changes due to weather and mission requirements. The current list of future shuttle missions and dates can be found at http://seds.org/~spider/shuttle/shu-sche.html All but one of the future missions is dedicated to completing construction of the International Space Station. Each will be transferring modules, equipment, supplies, and astronauts to the station. After that, the space shuttles will be decommissioned. The next generation of US manned spacecraft is being developed in the Constelation project. The crew module is called Orion and the booster rocket is called Ares. These will probably not be ready for human testing before the shuttles are retired. There are also private companies that are planning their own spacecraft to reach low Earth orbit. They may or may not be ready and/or allowed to dock with the spa
