Alliant Techsystems’ reusable solid rocket motors (RSRM) performed flawlessly today, providing more than six million pounds of thrust as NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into orbit to begin a 11 ...

When NASA spacewalkers head outside the International Space Station (ISS) next week to install new solar arrays and other equipment, they'll have some new tape-wrapped tools at their disposal. The ...

When NASAspacewalkers head outside the International Space Station (ISS) next week toinstall new solar arrays and other equipment, they?ll have some newtape-wrapped tools at their disposal. The ...

Image: STS-117 Mission Specialist John “Danny” Olivas (top) exits the International Space Station’s Quest airlock during the early moments of the mission’s first spacewalk. His partner, Jim Reilly, ...

The International Space Station spread its new set of wings Tuesday, and the crew members prepared for the mission's next spacewalk. The solar arrays on the newly installed Starboard 3 and 4 truss ...

A pair of veteranNASA spacewalkers is set to return to the International Space Station (ISS)this week aboard the shuttle Atlantis to help boost the orbital laboratory'spower supply. Astronauts ...

Astronaut Sunita Williams strikes a pose during an exercise session on the space station. NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams—her NASA colleagues call her “Sunny”—spent a few hours swabbing down the ...

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The countdown for the launch of space shuttle mission STS-117 is going well and a liftoff of the shuttle Atlantis tomorrow evening is highly possible. One of the goals of this NASA mission is to ...

The objective of the FD 8 MMT was to understand the implications of a fourth EVA to assist with retraction of the P6 array with respect to the remainder of the STS-116 mission timeline. As a result of ...