At Launch Pad 39B, functional tests and checkout of the shuttle and pad systems are under way. Installation of the elbow camera of the orbiter’s remote manipulator system (robotic arm) is complete.

Flight International online news 08:00GMT: Plans to use the International Space Station (ISS) as a safe haven if a Space Shuttle is seriously damaged will be rendered unviable after the expected March ...

This story was updated at 10:21 a.m. EDT CAPE CANAVERAL,Fla. - It's been three long years since the loss of Columbia, but NASA's space shuttle fleet isback in action after six astronauts rode their ...

NASA has abandoned hopes of a May space shuttle launch, citing a potentially faulty fuel sensor in the orbiter’s external tank as the main concern. The programme’s second Return to Flight mission, ...

For over 30 years, the Space Shuttle Program captured the hearts and minds of millions of people throughout the world. From following the missions on TV, in newspapers, on websites, the Shuttle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spaceshuttle Atlantis held the spotlight late on Wednesday night into early Thursdaymorning as it rolled out of Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)in Florida, ...

The space shuttle Discovery’s mission may be over, but NASA is still evaluating a set of infrared tools used during the flight to help predict whether an orbiter’s heat shield is clear to return ...

At Launch Pad 39B, workers have completed hypergolic propellant loading of the orbiter and solid rocket boosters. Following a decision by Space Shuttle Program managers to remove and replace two ...