Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
George David "Zambo" Zamka (born 1962) is an American NASA astronaut and United States Marine Corps pilot with over 3500 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft.
Read More at Wikipedia ›
Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour packed up their spaceship for the trip home Thursday after more than a week at the International Space Station , but not before holding a grand opening ceremony for the orbiting lab's newest room and stunning observation deck.
Shuttle commander George Zamka and station skipper Jeffrey Williams, equipped with ceremonial red ribbon and scissors, officially opened the station's new Tranquility module and its seven-window observation deck ."Arguably mankind has been after this view for centuries, this perspective, this view of the world," Zamka said. "We finally have it and we are going to take advantage of and enjoy it."Williams said he will remember this moment for the rest of his life, especially the views out the observation deck, which NASA calls the Cupola."It culminates just about the assembly complete of the space station, getting us to full capability," he said. "So, this Cupola means a whole lot."A short time later, the two crews bid earl...CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The International Space Station's newest room came alive with power Sunday after spacewalking astronauts managed to hook up plumbing despit...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is about to launch the mother of all Super Bowl pregame shows with the space shuttle Endeavour , which is poised to blast off before daw...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Clouds prevented space shuttle Endeavour from blasting off Sunday on the last planned nighttime shuttle launch, delaying its trip with a fi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- NASA is predicting good weather for this weekend's space shuttle launch.Endeavour is scheduled to blast off Sunday morning on the last maj...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- Endeavour and its six astronauts dropped out of orbit and zoomed toward a rare nighttime landing Sunday to end a mission that resulted in the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday, delivering a new room and observation deck that will come clo...
Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour packed up their spaceship for the trip home Thursday after more than a week at the International Space Station, but not be...
The International Space Station got a bit bigger Thursday night thanks to two spacewalking astronauts who helped attach NASA's last major room for the orbiting lab ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Clouds prevented space shuttle Endeavour from blasting off Sunday on the last planned nighttime shuttle launch, delaying its trip with a fi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the Inte...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- Endeavour and its six astronauts dropped out of orbit and zoomed toward a rare nighttime landing Sunday to end a mission that resulted in the ...
The space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the International Space Station carrying six astronauts and NASA's last big additions for the orbiting laboratory more t...
The International Space Station got a bit bigger Thursday night thanks to two spacewalking astronauts who helped attach NASA's last major room for the orbiting lab a...
The space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the International Space Station carrying six astronauts and NASA's last big additions for the orbiting laboratory more t...
The six astronauts preparing to fly into orbit aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour next month arrived at their Florida launch site Monday for final training sessions as ...
NASA has begun counting down toward the planned predawn launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday. Endeavour is poised to blast off from the Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on what's likely the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program, hauling a new ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts closed out the last major construction mission at the International Space Station with a sm...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the Inte...
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2012 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. All market data delayed 20 minutes.
