CAPE CANAVERAL -- In an unprecedented step, a space shuttle was moved to the launch pad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make — a rescue mission. The shuttle Endeavour is on standby in case ...
Crews rolled the space shuttle Atlantis to Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center Feb. 15 in preparation for next month's launch to the International Space Station. Set for launch as early as ...
Weather across Kennedy Space Center is observed 'go,' and hopefully conditions will remain that way for the next 40 minutes or so -- long enough for space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of four ...
Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch on Monday afternoon at 2:28 p.m.EST. High pressure reigning over the Southeast will provide mostly sunny skies. The temperature at launch time at NASA's ...
At the time, NASA was preparing to launch the space shuttle, Atlantis, in June 1995 on a mission to dock with the Russian Mir ...
Something "size of a pea" could puncture Atlantis on mission to repair Hubble. May 13, 2009 — -- A myriad of space debris combined with a 21-inch scratch across delicate thermal tiles has the ...
"Americans have been driven to explore beyond the horizon ever since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In the twentieth century, that drive took us to the moon and inspired dreams of setting foot ...