Shuttle Astronauts Back In Florida Ahead Of Launch
The six astronauts for the space shuttle Endeavour's final flight are back in Florida for another try at launching into orbit.
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The six astronauts for the space shuttle Endeavour's final flight are back in Florida for another try at launching into orbit.
NASA announced Monday that it will try to launch space shuttle Endeavour next Monday for the next-to-last space shuttle flight.
Space shuttle Endeavour will not be heading to space anytime soon. NASA said Friday the shuttle will not fly before May 16.
America's first man in space, Alan Shepard, is honored on a new Forever postage stamp being issued Wednesday in the Rocket Garden of the Kennedy Space Center.
The next-to-last space shuttle launch is off for at least another week. NASA managers now say Endeavour won't launch before Tuesday May 10th and that's only if technicians successfully replace and test a bad fuse box.
Technicians and engineers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center have identified the likely source of what caused heaters on a fuel line for space shuttle Endeavour's auxiliary power unit to fail on Friday, scrubbing the first launch attempt for the STS-134 mission.
NASA has decided that the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour is a 'no go' for Monday.
NASA expects to announce Sunday morning whether Endeavour's six-man crew will be able to launch Monday.
Before President Obama arrives in Miami Friday afternoon, he will watch over an historic shuttle flight, the last flight of the shuttle Endeavour as the manned shuttle program winds down. Hundreds of thousands of people have gathered along Florida's Space Coast to cheer the spectacle.
Critically wounded in a shooting in Tucson, Arizona last January, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords has recovered enough to see her husband's space shuttle launch this Friday.
The crew of the space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for prelaunch preparations.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attend husband Mark Kelly's space shuttle launch in Florida on Friday.
It's the final countdown for the space shuttle Endeavor. Spaceflight managers at the Kennedy Space Center set April 29th for Endeavour's launch on its final mission.
When the space shuttle Atlantis completes its final mission this summer, it will be retired to its permanent home at the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA ordered the three astronauts on the International Space Station to seek shelter inside a Soyuz space capsule when a small piece of space debris drifted dangerously close to the orbiting platform.
The space shuttle Endeavour will have to wait a little longer to take its final voyage. NASA has delayed the mission because it conflicts with Russia's plans to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station.
NASA workers are checking out the minor damage to the space shuttle Endeavour caused by a severe thunderstorms which swept Cape Canaveral on Wednesday.
If you've ever wanted to see a Superman-powered moon, Saturday was your opportunity.
Sentenced to a year of probation in 2009 for a bizarre attack on a romantic rival at Orlando's airport, former astronaut Lisa Nowak has asked a judge to seal her criminal record.
Astronauts at the International Space Station have some new company. The first humanoid robot ever launched into space is finally free.
An investigation is underway after a small amount of cocaine was found at facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
Work on the space shuttle Endeavour has been halted for the day after a shuttle worker fell to his death at the launch pad Monday morning.
It was a long, slow trek, but the space shuttle Endeavour has arrived at the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center ahead of next month's planned launch to the International Space Station.
Under partly cloudy skies, the space shuttle Discovery performed a picture perfect landing at Cape Canaveral just before noon, the final homecoming of the world's most-traveled spaceship.
The space shuttle Discovery is on its final journey home, its decades-long mission accomplished.
