CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Discovery's seven crew members put on their bright orange spacesuits and were strapped into the space shuttle for a practice countdown on the launch pad Thursday. The mock ...

Theseven-astronaut crew of NASA?s shuttle Endeavour strapped into their spacecraftWednesday for a dress rehearsal of their planned November launch toward theInternational Space Station. Clad inbright ...

The four astronauts who will fly on the last-ever space shuttle mission landed at NASA's Florida spaceport Monday evening to participate in a dress rehearsal for their July 8 launch. Subscribe to read ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Reporters are invited to cover space shuttle Atlantis’ move to the launch pad on Oct. 13 and the STS-129 mission crew’s dress rehearsal activities Oct. 19 to Oct. 21 at NASA’s ...

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

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., June 23 (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 ...

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 ...

Spacewalking astronauts have used a caulking gun and putty knife to practice repairs in shuttle Discovery's cargo bay as part of NASA's plan to make sure there will be no repeats of the 2003 Columbia ...

Sevenastronauts climbed aboard NASA?s space shuttle Discovery Friday for a vitaldrill to practice escaping from the spacecraft at the launch pad and go overplans for their late August blast off. Clad ...

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 ...