NASA's nextseven astronauts to fly aboard a space shuttle have a bit of orbital hot potatoin store for them when their spacecraft reaches the InternationalSpace Station (ISS) later this year. Using ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - Two NASA astronauts arepreparing for a multitasking mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery whenthe orbiter rockets into space later this year. Veteranastronaut Wendy Lawrence ...

All seven members of the STS-114 crew were busy at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Feb. 10 and 11, further familiarizing themselves with the spacecraft that will take them on the Space ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 26, 2005, the space shuttle Discovery launched on the first "Return to Flight" mission following the Columbia disaster ...

There is no shortage of experience at the helm of NASA’s next space shuttle mission. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. With a total ...

The STS-114 astronauts are conducting more inspections of Space Shuttle Discovery’s heat shield this morning. They are using the Orbiter Boom Sensor System attached to the Shuttle’s robot arm to take ...

Safety-and engineering-related pictures of the shuttle Discovery in orbit will include imagery by secret U. S. Defense Dept. ground-based high-resolution systems and, where possible, one or more U. S.

Click to open image viewer. Strips of ceramic insulation fabric like this were inserted between thermal protection tiles on the Space Shuttle as a barrier to heat and airflow. This particular tile gap ...