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Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it. Complete Story...
The six astronauts on Atlantis' flight to the International Space Station include two former football players as well as several Gulf War veterans.
Atlantis' astronauts anxiously awaited word on the birth of one crewman's daughter Friday, as they moved more supplies into the International Space Station and geared up for another spacewalk.
NASA is delaying its November space shuttle launch by four days to provide more breathing room for a test flight of its new rocket.
Ten days after descending from space to a California landing, the space shuttle Discovery made yet another landing on Monday — this time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Flor
Space shuttle Discovery is finally back home in Florida following a cross-country journey and a trip to orbit.
NASA's chief astronaut will shut off the lights on America's space shuttle program.
After diverting to California, astronauts from space shuttle Discovery prepared to reunite with their families and NASA managers in Texas on Saturday.
With thunderstorms looming back home, shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven sidestepped a small piece of space junk Thursday then aimed for an evening touchdown that was in jeopardy because of the weather.
A spacewalk by two astronauts is still on for Thursday evening even though a large piece of space junk is headed their way.
All seven astronauts on space shuttle Discovery's mission are parents, and they have 20 children among themselves.
NASA called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery for a second time Tuesday after a critical fuel valve failed to work properly.
Koichi Wakata was still getting used to gravity, though it wasn't going to stop him from diving into a deluge of sushi.
After 11 days together in orbit, Endeavour undocked from the international space station on Tuesday and began its trip home, leaving behind a larger and more energized outpost.
A hotel shuttle and a bus carrying FedEx employees have collided at Newark Liberty International Airport, killing a driver and injuring three passengers.
It's spacewalking day at the shuttle-station complex. At high noon Saturday, two astronauts will venture out to help attach a platform for science experiments. It's the third and final piece of Japan's huge billion-dollar lab. And it's the first of five spacewalks planned for the shuttle flight.
The astronauts headed to the international space station include a Twittering skipper, a classically trained musician who named her son after one of Columbia's fallen astronauts, and a former Navy SEAL who went into Afghanistan two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Two astronauts are taking a spacewalk to replace some batteries on the international space station.
NASA has started fueling the space shuttle for a sixth attempt to launch Endeavour on a mission to the international space station.
To NASA's relief, a fueling test on space shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission.
For the second time in less than a week, a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak early Wednesday forced NASA to delay shuttle Endeavour's launch to the international space station, this time until July at the earliest.
The astronauts headed to the international space station include a Twittering skipper, a classically trained musician who named her son after one of Columbia's fallen astronauts, and a former Navy SEAL who went into Afghanistan two weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
For the second time in four days, a potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak forced NASA to delay shuttle Endeavour's launch to the international space station, this time until July at the earliest.
NASA has cleared space shuttle Endeavour for a June 13 launch to the international space station.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - President Obama has chosen former astronaut Charles F. Bolden to head NASA. If confirmed by the Senate, Bolden would become the first African-American NASA administrator.
Nasa's Atlantis shuttle blasts off (Video)The US space shuttle Atlantis has successfully launched from Florida on a journey to deliver spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission is set to include three spacewalks to store hardware on the outside of the orbiting outpost.
NASA keeps X-37 space plane "secret"No one interested in aerospace should be completely surprised. Killing flexible platforms like the shuttle, or even the SR-71, is short-sighted.
NASA Tests 5-Segment Solid Rocket Motor For Ares I First StagePROMONTORY, UT - NASA and industry engineers lit up the Utah sky Thursday with the initial full-scale, full-duration test firing of the first stage motor for the Ares I rocket. The Ares I is a crew launch vehicle in development for NASA's Constellation Program.
Extending space station key to Mars: NASA scientistGetting humans to Mars will require medical research on the International Space Station through at least 2020, said the program's lead scientist, presenting a time frame five years beyond NASA's current budget forecast.
Is the Ares I rocket program dead?NASA has spent four years developing its next rocket, the Ares I, and is due to perform its first real test of the new system at the end of October. (For more background about Ares I and the Constellation program, see my recent interview with program manager Jeff Hanley).
NASA Clears Discovery For Launch Next WeekKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Despite ongoing concerns about foam insulation on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, senior NASA managers today cleared the shuttle for launch next week on a mission to outfit the International Space Station.
Shuttle Crew Completes Launch Rehearsal, Emergency TrainingDiscovery's astronauts wrapped up three days of prelaunch training at Kennedy Space Center with a mock launch rehearsal and simulated emergency evacuation of the shuttle this morning.
Shuttle Astronauts Fly To Kennedy Space Center For Prelaunch PracticeThe seven astronauts who will launch aboard space shuttle Discovery later this month flew to Kennedy Space Center today to take part in three days of emergency training as part of final training activities for mission STS-128.
NASA Conducts Final Planned Space Shuttle Main Engine Test FiringWith 520 seconds of shake, rattle and roar on July 29, NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center marked the end of an era for testing the space shuttle main engines that have powered the nation's Space Shuttle Program for nearly three decades.
Discovery Slogs Through Mud To Reach Launch Pad For August FlightSpace shuttle Discovery almost didn't make it to the launch pad today when technicians had to battle a rain-drenched crawlerway that slowed the shuttle's trip to launch pad 39-A and threatened to force NASA to return the crawler transporter back to the Vehicle Assembly Building.
Time for private companies to place astronauts in orbit?One of the opinions of President Obama's Human Space Flight Review panel is that it's time for the agency to hand off shuttle trips to private firms.
Shuttle Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk On Apollo AnniversaryForty years to the day after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's historic first spacewalk on the Moon, astronauts on board the International Space Station and shuttle Endeavour conducted a seven hour spacewalk outside the orbiting complex as NASA continues to march toward completion …
Space Shuttle Endeavour Rockets Toward Space Station On Sixth TryAlmost 40 years to the day after the launch of the historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, space shuttle Endeavour rocketed into space on a mission to bring the International Space Station one step to completion with the delivery of the final component of the Japanese Kibo labora …
RealClearPolitics - The Moon We Left Behind...look up from your BlackBerry one night. That is the moon. On it are exactly 12 sets of human footprints -- untouched, unchanged, abandoned. For the first time in history, the moon is not just a mystery and a muse, but a nightly rebuke.
NASA Grounds Shuttle Fleet NASA has grounded the shuttle fleet after several pieces of insulating foam fell from the fuel tank during launch. Engineers didn't expect it to fall from this area, according to shuttle program manager John Shannon.
40 Years After Apollo 11, America's Retreat From the MoonMichael Crichton once wrote that if you told a physicist in 1899 that within a hundred years humankind would, among other wonders (nukes, commercial airlines), "travel to the moon, and then lose interest . . .
NASA Plans to Junk Space Station in 2016According to an article from the Washington Post, NASA space station program manager Michael T. Suffredini raised eyebrows when, at a public hearing last month, he declared flatly that NASA plans to de-orbit the station in 2016.
There were 78 space launches worldwide in 1999, almost all much smaller than the space shuttle and to this date in 2009 my calculations give or take a few is 575 launches thats a lot of holes to poke in a ballon that is saveing our lives It is not the fuels being burnt that …
NASA Hopes For Wednesday Shuttle Launch -- InformationWeekNASA is hoping to launch the space shuttle Endeavour Wednesday evening, if showers and thunderstorms don't force the space agency to scrub liftoff yet again.
Space Flight panel study finds alternative rocket "capable"A very good article about a new alternative that is being developed inside of the NASA Shuttle program office that will get us to the Moon sooner and less expensively than the current plan.
Stubbornly Lodged Knob Could Ground Space Shuttle AtlantisMeetings have been taking place on Wednesday into evaluating damage to the pressure pane on Atlantis' number 5 window, after a work light knob was observed to be embedded between the pane and the dashboard panel.
Why you can't really twitter in spaceShuttle commander and twitterer Mark Polansky on why you can't really Twitter from space.
Will space station be full to bursting?With 13 astronauts on the space station next week, will there be a queue for the bathroom?
Shuttle Sustains Liftoff Damage | Popular ScienceUnderscoring the age and delicacy of the shuttle is news that four of the tiles that protect the shuttle during reentry were damaged during takeoff.
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