Last Discovery space shuttle launch to take place shortly

Soon, the second to last space shuttle launch will occur in Florida. The next to last mission on the space shuttle launch schedule could be the liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery on Wed, Nov. 3 from Cape Canaveral. The mission is rather routine, a simple rendezvous with the International Space Station. After the mission, Discovery can be mothballed and likely placed within the Smithsonian.

The last Discovery space shuttle launch

MSNBC accounts that on Wednesday, Nov 3, at 3:52 p.m., Discovery will launch its last space shuttle. The space shuttle Discovery can have six astronauts in it. The plan is for them the hit the International Space station for a few days. It isn’t the last shuttle mission, however it’s the last mission for Discovery, one of the most used shuttle in all of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration fleet. National Aeronautics and Space Administration nevertheless has one more space shuttle launch to complete. That is when launches will end. The govt is expected to be looking into a "space taxi" that could get astronauts to space although a replacement shuttle program has not yet been announced.

The era is finally over

the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy is why the space shuttle program may be concluding. The Columbia had difficulty entering Earth's atmosphere in 2003. This is why the program was canceled by George W. Bush. The Obama administration cancelled the Apollo-style rockets and capsules that made up the constellation program intended to replace the program. As it was an old idea of rehashing the Apollo program, the whole program was cut. The Hundred Year Starship might be something entirely different, however that is only in the design stage.

Next for National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Transportation is the goal that National Aeronautics and Space Administration is working on right now with many contractors. One of the contenders is the Falcon series rockets from Space X, a business founded by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk.

Info from

MSNBC

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ABC News

abcnews.go.com/Technology/florida-unemployment-acute-space-coast-jobs-threatened-end/story?id=12019380&page=1