NASA has set a May date for its space shuttle mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope for a final time. ...more

December 4, 2008

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

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

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

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

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

Astronauts successfully unfurled a torn solar power wing at the International Space Station on Saturday after spacewalker Scott Parazynski cut loose a tangled clump of wires and patched everything. ...more

November 4, 2007

Germs sent into orbit on the space shuttle last year came back to Earth three times more virulent, a finding that could have major implications for astronauts on the International Space Station or on proposed voyages to the moon and Mars. ...more

September 29, 2007