Space Shuttle
US space shuttle Discovery docks at space station
February 28, 2011The US space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station. It has docked for the last time, as it is set to be retired after this mission and placed in a museum. This is the 13th time it has flown to the space station, where...
Astronauts install new batteries on space station
May 21, 2010Astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis finished installing a new six-pack of batteries on the International Space Station Friday during the third and final spacewalk of their mission. The six large batteries aboard the station, each weighing...
Monday's spacewalk to last six-and-a-half hours
May 17, 2010Astronauts onboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis have embarked on their first of three spacewalks. The U.S. space agency NASA says astronauts Garrett Reisman and Steve Bowen are venturing outside the International Space Station to install a second...
US space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on its final mission
May 15, 2010By Suzanne Presto The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off as scheduled from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday afternoon, in one of the last missions of the space shuttle fleet. Twenty-five years after its first launch, the space shuttle...
US space shuttle program retiring
March 19, 2010By Steve Mort The U.S. space shuttle program comes to an end this year, and a debate is underway over what should replace it. The retirement of the shuttle fleet could result in massive job losses in Florida. Thousands of workers protest in Titusville...
Shuttle Carrying Japanese Lab to Space Station
July 15, 2009By Brian Wagner Space shuttle Endeavour has launched on a mission to finish construction of a new science lab at the International Space Station. The seven astronauts aboard Endeavour began their journey Wednesday evening to deliver the third and...
Train carrying space-shuttle components derails in US
May 03, 2007A freight train carrying segments of the space shuttle's solid rocket boosters derailed after a recently repaired bridge collapsed over boggy ground, authorities said. Six people aboard the train were reported injured, one critically. NASA said it...