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Astronauts To Set Out On Last Spacewalk
The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle-station complex face one last spacewalk today to wrap up exterior work on the newly installed Columbus lab, which flight controllers expect to be in use before Atlantis leaves next week. ...more
February 15, 2008
U.S. Military Will Try To Shoot Down Errant Satellite
A Navy ship in the Pacific Ocean will try an unprecedented shootdown of an out-of-control spy satellite loaded with a toxic fuel as it begins its plunge to Earth, national security officials said Thursday. ...more
February 15, 2008
Astronauts Give Space Station Nitrogen Boost
Two spacewalking astronauts supplied the international space station with a fresh tank of nitrogen gas Wednesday, one of them a German who was too sick to venture outside a few days earlier. ...more
February 14, 2008
Astronaut Recovers, Readies For Mission
Shuttle Atlantis' sick German astronaut looked and sounded well Sunday as he helped a crewmate prepare for a spacewalk that should have been his. ...more
February 11, 2008
Shuttle Checkup Scheduled
HOUSTON - Shuttle Atlantis chased the international space station in orbit Friday as its crew of seven astronauts prepared for a laser inspection of their ship's wings. ...more
February 8, 2008
Weather Smiles On Space Shuttle's Launch
Mother Nature must be a fan of the U.S. space program, judging from her benevolence in pushing aside bad weather long enough for seven astronauts to roar into orbit. ...more
February 7, 2008
Clouds Part For Liftoff Of Atlantis
CAPE CANAVERAL – Mother Nature must be a fan of the U.S. space program, judging from her benevolence in pushing aside bad weather long enough for seven astronauts to roar into orbit. ...more
February 7, 2008
NASA Hopes To Beat Approaching Storms
CAPE CANAVERAL - Scattered clouds and sunshine are adding a bit of promise for today's planned 2:45 p.m. liftoff of Atlantis, although NASA is bracing for a front of bad weather to arrive before then. ...more
February 7, 2008
Weather May Scrub Atlantis Launch
Neither wind nor rain nor hail stops the U.S. Postal Service, but they do frustrate the people trying to launch space shuttles. ...more
February 7, 2008
Atlantis Waits On The Weather
A weather front moving through Florida could put the brakes on Thursday's planned 2:47 p.m. liftoff of Atlantis, when storm clouds are expected to linger around Kennedy Space Center. ...more
February 6, 2008
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