The astronauts of the space shuttle Atlantis on Friday put on their spacesuits, scrambled into their ship and buckled in for launch. But the crew will have to wait another few weeks for actual liftoff ...

SPACE CENTER, Houston – Two spacewalking astronauts armed with caulking guns, putty knives and foam brushes practiced fixing deliberately damaged shuttle heat shields Saturday, a job they hope they ...

Launch practice on tap Over the next three days, the Atlantis crew will take part in a number of training activities leading up to their suiting up and climbing aboard the shuttle on Thursday (June 23 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - I have watched as space shuttles nosedive towards the runway more than 100 times, knowing that there are no engines available to carry them back into the sky if ...

Journalists are invited to cover two upcoming events at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the STS-127 space shuttle mission in June. Shuttle Endeavour will move from Launch Pad ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After reaching its launch pad at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida Wednesday, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-130 mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Four U.S. astronauts in bright orange spacesuits climbed aboard their spaceship on Thursday to practice the launch of NASA's last space shuttle on a cargo run to ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center launch team and the six-member STS-132 crew have completed a practice countdown for shuttle Atlantis’ targeted May 14 liftoff on what is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The six crew members of space shuttle Atlantis strapped into the spacecraft and ran through a practice countdown Friday in preparation for the program’s first launch of the year ...