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Spacewalkers test new shuttle repair techniques: WASHINGTON AFP — Two astronauts returned from the void Friday after a spacewalk to test new repair techniques for the space shuttle's heat shield, crucial for a new mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Mike Foreman, who arrived at the International Space Station ISS...; Tags: Columbia, Earth, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, shuttle, technique; Research articles 2008-03-20
Atlantis delivers science lab; installation delayed: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts delivered a sparkling new lab to the international space station Saturday but had to delay installing it by a day because of a crew member's medical problem. One of the two spacewalking astronauts who was to help install...; Tags: Atlantis, Columbia, Columbus, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2008-02-10
Shuttle's problem won't be fixed soon: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Even as the wounded space shuttle Endeavour brought its seven astronauts home safely Tuesday, NASA is looking ahead to three more launches at risk for the same kind of damage. There is a striking parallel with the 2003 Columbia disaster in the space...; Tags: bracket, Columbia, NASA, Shuttle, tank; Research articles 2007-08-22
Shuttle's problem won't be fixed soon: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Even as the wounded space shuttle Endeavour brought its seven astronauts home safely Tuesday, NASA is looking ahead to three more launches at risk for the same kind of damage. There is a striking parallel with the 2003 Columbia disaster in the space...; Tags: bracket, Columbia, NASA, Shuttle, tank; Research articles 2007-08-22
Shuttle's problem won't be fixed soon: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Even as the wounded space shuttle Endeavour brought its seven astronauts home safely Tuesday, NASA is looking ahead to three more launches at risk for the same kind of damage. There is a striking parallel with the 2003 Columbia disaster in the space...; Tags: bracket, Columbia, foam, NASA, Shuttle, tank; Research articles 2007-08-22

Shuttle work may stall other launches: NASA officials are optimistic that space shuttle Endeavour will land safely today, but they conceded Monday that future shuttle launches are in jeopardy. Just two months before the next planned mission, NASA has decided to revamp a section of the shuttle's fuel tank that cracked off...; Tags: Columbia, NASA, shield, Shuttle, shuttle; Research articles 2007-08-21
NASA says no spacewalk to fix Endeavour gouge: Space shuttle Endeavour will make the superheated re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere without a repair to its deeply gouged heat shield, NASA managers decided Thursday. Endeavour is scheduled to land Wednesday at roughly 1 p.m. ET after a 14-day mission. Officials decided...; Tags: Columbia, Earth, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2007-08-17
Costly redesign only cure for shuttle's debris woes: NASA continued to struggle Wednesday with debris damage to space shuttle Endeavour, after deciding long ago not to completely redesign the spacecraft's fuel tank, which has been the source of similar problems for two decades. Foam insulation from the tank damaged the shuttle on its very...; Tags: accident, Columbia, debris, NASA, shuttle, spacecraft; Research articles 2007-08-16
Shuttle becomes classroom: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan transformed the space shuttle and space station into a classroom Tuesday for her first education session from orbit, fulfilling the legacy of Christa McAuliffe with joy and also some sadness. "I've thought about Christa and the Challenger crew just about every...; Tags: bracket, Columbia, NASA, Shuttle, shuttle; Research articles 2007-08-15
NASA weighs repair of shuttle's protective shield: WASHINGTON AFP — NASA engineers on Monday pored over new imagery of the space shuttle Endeavour's underbelly to decide if its damaged heat shield needed repair, as astronauts prepared for the mission's second spacewalk. The three-dimensional images of a gouge in the shield were taken Sunday by a camera,...; Tags: Columbia, FINANCE, ISS, millimeter, NASA, shield, shuttle, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2007-08-12
NASA weighs repair of shuttle's protective shield: WASHINGTON AFP — NASA engineers on Monday pored over new imagery of the space shuttle Endeavour's underbelly to decide if its damaged heat shield needed repair, as astronauts prepared for the mission's second spacewalk. The three-dimensional images of a gouge in the shield were taken Sunday by a camera,...; Tags: Columbia, FINANCE, ISS, millimeter, NASA, shield, shuttle, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2007-08-12
NASA evaluates damage to shuttle's heat shield: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A routine shuttle mission, highlighted by a teacher's first spaceflight and space station construction, is now overshadowed by a troubling gash in Endeavour's thermal shield. A detailed laser inspection on Sunday of the difficult-to-reach area on Endeavour's belly could send astronauts out to...; Tags: beam, Columbia, NASA, Shannon, shuttle; Research articles 2007-08-12
Potentially serious gash overshadows routine space mission: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A routine shuttle mission, highlighted by a teacher's first spaceflight and space station construction, is now overshadowed by a potentially serious gash in Endeavour's thermal shield. A detailed laser inspection today of the difficult-to-reach area on Endeavour's belly may send astronauts out to repair...; Tags: Columbia, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2007-08-12
Astronauts begin spacewalk as NASA analyzes shuttle damage: WASHINGTON AFP — NASA on Saturday attempted to gauge the extent of ice damage on the space shuttle Endeavour's heat shield, as two astronauts successfully completed the first spacewalk of the shuttle mission. Mission specialists Rick Mastracchio of the United States and Canadian Dave Williams spent six hours, 17...; Tags: Columbia, ISS, NASA, Robots, shuttle, TVs; Research articles 2007-08-11
Teacher-astronaut hunts for damage: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Schoolteacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan helped operate a 100-foot robot arm and extension boom in a hunt for damage on her first full day in orbit Thursday, as NASA said foam insulation may have hit the space shuttle at launch. Nine pieces of foam insulation broke...; Tags: Columbia, Morgan, NASA, Robots, shuttle, tank; Research articles 2007-08-10
Shuttle launch delayed until June: HOUSTON -- NASA will aim for an early June launch of its first space shuttle mission of 2007 -- a three-month delay caused by hailstorm damage, agency officials said Tuesday. The delay is squeezing efforts to finish the assembly of the international space station by a 2010 deadline....; Tags: Columbia, NASA, Shuttle, shuttle; Research articles 2007-04-11
Astronauts to undertake third walk of Discovery mission: HOUSTON, Texas AFP — Astronauts will undertake a third space walk as part of their mission to rewire the International Space station and examine its stuck solar array. Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams are scheduled to exit into open space at 2:37 pm EST (1937 GMT)...; Tags: Columbia, ISS, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2006-12-15
Discovery astronauts work as electricians on space station: HOUSTON, United States AFP — Two Discovery astronauts worked as space electricians far above Earth, successfully rewiring half of the International Space Station's power grid, NASA said. Spacewalkers Robert Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang, Sweden's first astronaut, worked outside the space station for five hours rewiring the space lab for a...; Tags: Columbia, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2006-12-14
Discovery docks with space station for tricky mission: HOUSTON, United States AFP — The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully docked with the orbiting International Space Station, as its astronauts prepare for one of the most complex space construction missions ever attempted. "Welcome aboard," said the ISS commander, US astronaut Mike Lopez-Alegria, shortly after the shuttle linked up with the...; Tags: Columbia, ISS, kilometer, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2006-12-11
Clouds threaten to delay Discovery launch: CAPE CANAVERAL, United States AFP — NASA prepared to launch space shuttle Discovery on a complex International Space Station mission, even as lingering clouds threatened to delay liftoff by at least 24 hours. The latest forecast gave only a 40 percent chance of good weather for liftoff at 9:35 pm...; Tags: Columbia, NASA, shuttle; Research articles 2006-12-07