NEW YORK — NASA engineers and mission managers are weighing their options on how best to fix thousands of hail dings in the foam-covered fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. William Gerstenmaier, ...

The Final Inspection Team, or ice team, has completed its walkdown of Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following this afternoon’s tanking test. Preliminary reports indicate no ...

CAPE CANAVERAL - Asix-month slip in NASA's next shuttle mission, coupled with hurricane damage toits external tank factory in New Orleans, is prompting the agency to move a lotof hardware around ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis’ massive external tank was filled with super-cold liquid fuel June 15 to test upgrades that were made to the tank in advance of its scheduled liftoff next month. The so-called ...

The STS-135 payload canister’s move to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is expected to begin at 9 p.m. EDT tonight with the canister’s lift up the pad structure is set for ...