CAPECANAVERAL, Fla. - The seven astronauts set to ride NASA's space shuttleDiscovery into orbit later this week arrived at their launch site Tuesdayeagerly awaiting a July 1 space shot. The ...

A more robust shuttle program with demonstrated autonomous repair capability critical for approval of a final Hubble servicing mission and completion of the International Space Station are the big ...

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Media are invited to view a newly renovated firing room in the Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center at 1 p.m. Friday. The STS-121 launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on July 1 will mark the first ...

At 1452GMT today Space Shuttle Discovery (pictured below from its own robotic arm's boom's camera) was to dock with the International Space Station, starting the next phase of STS-121, the 18th US ...

Just wanted to point out to everyone interested that Discovery is supposed to launch today at 3:49 pm (EDT), although it appears there might be a problem with a heater in one of the RCS thrusters, so ...

Hey guys ... got these STS-121 preflight photos emailed to me today ... and since it's Friday, I'm slacking off at work, and posting them in the Lounge.<br><br>First ...

“U.S. Air Force weather officers are forecasting a 60-percent chance of weather prohibiting a launch attempt on Saturday.” Editor’s update: The launch has been scrubbed for today. NASA will try again ...