NASA Expects Shuttle Flights by the Spring
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Although still more work needs to be done, NASA officials said Monday that they were close to meeting all safety requirements for getting space shuttles flying again by the spring.
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NASA on Friday set February 7 as the new target launch date for the Atlantis shuttle mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) that has been beset delays over faulty fuel gauges.
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NASA faces no showstoppers in its bid to return the shuttles to space in May or June as planned, an independent oversight panel said Thursday.
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The US space agency says it hopes shuttle flights, suspended since the Columbia disaster, can begin next May.
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NASA plans to launch  its next shuttle mission to the International Space Station on  August 7, two days earlier than the previous target date, to  avoid a scheduling crunch at Florida&#39;s spaceport, the space  agency said on Thursday.
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The US space agency (Nasa) has pushed back the return to flight of the space shuttles until May at the earliest. The Discovery orbiter was due to launch in March or April on a mission to the International
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Test Director Steve Payne said he expected space shuttle Atlantis to launch as scheduled Friday.
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HOUSTON - NASA's spaceflight leadership council decided Friday to delay the spring 2005 launch date for the first shuttle scheduled to return to space since last year's Columbia tragedy, citing hurricane damage and more work needed to meet a panel's recommendations.    The council canceled plans for a shuttle launch in March or April...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will decide whethe
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Pending resolution of a potential radiator hose problem, the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for launching on Feb. 7 on a twice-delayed mission to the International Space Station.
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The American space agency Nasa says the first space shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster of 2003 is to be launched next May or early June.
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NASA planned Tuesday to start a countdown toward the first space shuttle flight of the year as engineers had no major technical problems and the weather forecast looked favorable for a Friday launch.
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NASA appears on track to return the space shuttle to flight in May or June 2005 as planned, says an influential oversight panel. The independent task force - set up to oversee NASA&#39;s efforts following the
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NASA is hoping techniques that would enable a crew to repair damages to a space shuttle in flight will be ready for the shuttle's planned May 2005 return to space, officials with the agency said on Monday.
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Last year a chunk of the foam damaged a wing of the Columbia, leading to the breakup of the shuttle high over Texas. NASA is aiming for three shuttle flights in 2005.
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NASA has said it is aiming for a mid-May launch of the first shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy in February 2003. The launch date was the latest of several set by the space agency, and just as subject to change.
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NASA hopes to resume space shuttle flights in May 2005, officials said on Friday. But the agency has also confirmed it is considering reducing the number of planned shuttle flights - which could affect the