Alliant Techsystems’ reusable solid rocket motors (RSRM) performed flawlessly today, providing more than six million pounds of thrust as NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into orbit to begin a 11 ...
WASHINGTON – NASA will hold a media teleconference Friday, May 11, no earlier than 3 p.m. EDT to discuss the space shuttle Atlantis’ external fuel tank. The tank has been repaired after a hail storm ...
When NASA spacewalkers head outside the International Space Station (ISS) next week to install new solar arrays and other equipment, they'll have some new tape-wrapped tools at their disposal. The ...
Image: STS-117 Mission Specialist John “Danny” Olivas (top) exits the International Space Station’s Quest airlock during the early moments of the mission’s first spacewalk. His partner, Jim Reilly, ...
COMING HOME: NASA plans to bring astronaut Sunita Williams home from the International Space Station on the upcoming STS-117 mission, now scheduled for June, instead of the STS-118 mission after that.
Super job yesterday with the surveys, EMU checkout and enjoying your first full day in space. The videos you sent down were greatly appreciated. You have a full day ahead with rendezvous, docking, ...