Topic: Bill Gerstenmaier

With SpaceX launch, more than cargo is riding on space station mission (+video)

The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule are the bread and butter of SpaceX, which hopes for more contracts with NASA and others to ferry things – and people – to and from space.

NASA moon waypoint could be first deep-space human outpost

According to a Feb. 3 memo from William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, a team is being formed to develop a cohesive plan for exploring a spot in space known as the Earth-moon libration point 2.

First-ever private rocket launch to ISS postponed

The unmanned Dragon space capsule, built by SpaceX was scheduled to launch toward the space station on Feb. 7, but the company has decided to postpone the flight to accommodate more engineering tests.

Future NASA rocket unveiled, designed to reach moon and beyond

The design of the new NASA rocket draws on key systems from the space shuttle and Ares programs. The agency anticipates launching the first demonstration version of the rocket by 2017.

Final shuttle mission: Who'll supply the International Space Station now?

Atlantis and its four-member crew, in the final mission of the space shuttle program, shrugged off concerns about the weather and took off for one last supply run to the International Space Station.

Space shuttle Endeavour on terra firma, ending 19 years as orbiter

A flawless predawn landing on Wednesday capped the penultimate flight of the US space shuttle program. With Endeavor's mission over, Atlantis is already on the launch pad.

Ode to Discovery: Space shuttle ends a successful mission, career

Space shuttle Discovery taxied to a stop at Kennedy Space Center just before noon Wednesday, ending a triumphant 13-day mission and 27-year career.

Crew on shuttle Discovery settles into routine, including inspection of tiles

One day into the final mission for the space shuttle Discovery, the orbiter's systems were 'in great shape.' But the craft's heat-shedding tiles were closely inspected for post-launch damage.

Mysterious fuel-tank crack delays space shuttle launch until 2011

The space shuttle Discovery was set to begin its final voyage last month. Now, because of a curious crack in the external fuel tank, the launch will happen no sooner than Feb. 3, 2011.

After space shuttle launch: three spacewalks, among other chores

The space shuttle launch was early Monday from the Kennedy Space Center. The 13-day mission will help prepare the International Space Station for life after the shuttle program ends later this year.

Up and away for final Hubble mission

The shuttle Atlantis blasted off Monday afternoon to repair the telescope, but the crew's first task will be to check for launch damage.

A space station that finally looks like a lapel pin!

Destiny, Columbus, Zvezda, and Colbert???

Shuttle Endeavour's next mission boasts most partners yet

Endeavour is set to launch Tuesday, carrying a Japanese astronaut and the first module of Japan's future space laboratory.