CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - Still struggling to explain a problem with a faulty space shuttle fuel gauge, NASA said Thursday that Discovery could lift off no sooner than Sunday but did not rule out a ...

WASHINGTON — NASA will give 150 of its Twitter followers an insider’s look at the nation’s space program and the opportunity to view a space shuttle launch in person. The fourth shuttle launch Tweetup ...

After three tries and six days of waiting, Southeast Missouri State University physics professor John Tansil and a group of physics students finally got to see the space shuttle Endeavour lift off ...

A space shuttle's orange external fuel tank is surrounded by scaffolding and fencing. Just days after it was taken off exhibit and as its external tank is scheduled for its brief return to flight, ...

WASHINGTON — Four solid-rocket booster segments riding near the front of the freight train that derailed May 2 in Alabama are headed back to Utah where their manufacturer, Alliant Techsystems (ATK), ...

NASA will try to launch the space shuttle Discovery as planned on Tuesday, despite a small chunk of foam insulation falling off the shuttle’s external fuel tank on Sunday. Shuttle managers decided the ...

In a first for the Space Shuttle programme NASA made a surprise decision at 1840GMT to roll the shuttle Atlantis back to launch pad 39B following a weather forecast at 1500GMT that predicted winds at ...

Cape Canaveral, Florida - Next time you grumble about your late airline flight, consider the space shuttle: It launches on time 40 percent of the time. Not so great when stacked against the airline ...