NASA confident of debris solution
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Six months before NASA plans to return the shuttle to space, officials think they&#39;ve essentially solved the problem that doomed Columbia in 2003 -- debris coming off its fuel
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. An advisory group meeting in Huntsville says NASA needs to supply astronauts with a &quot;reasonable, do-able and practicable&quot; way to plug space shuttle holes in orbit.
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Nasa scientists have recovered some intact materials from the wreckage of the Genesis space capsule that crashed in the Utah desert this week and are hopeful the mission to gather solar atoms may be salvaged.
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As a new crew prepares to lift off Wednesday for the international space station, NASA officials say they are less worried than they were two weeks ago about problems with its oxygen generator
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CLEVELAND, OH -- As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agencyâs risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.
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As NASA prepares to return the space shuttle to orbit, there is debate over whether the fleet is as safe as it should be.
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NASA officials said that they fully expected engineers to resolve an unparalleled computer failure, but cautioned that the process could take days.
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In a major step toward resuming launches of the space shuttle, NASA officials said Tuesday they have completed improvements that will prevent the falling debris problem that destroyed space shuttle Columbia and killed seven astronauts.
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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Feb. 21  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with a U.S.
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In NASA&#39;s ideal scenario for cleaning the science payload containing solar particles from the Genesis capsule, the biggest worry had been about contamination from gases in the atmosphere, not from dirt in Utah&#39;s west desert.
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NASA is relying on an overhaul of the space shuttle&#39;s towering external fuel tank to eliminate dangerous debris that triggered the fatal breakup of Columbia nearly two years ago, space agency officials said Monday.
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As a new crew prepares to lift off tomorrow for the international space station, NASA officials say they are less worried than they were two weeks ago about problems with its oxygen generator and growing shortages of food and spare parts.
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NASA said Tuesday it is moving ahead with plans to send a robot to the rescue of the aging Hubble Space Telescope.
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NASA will try to fix the problem in time for a launching at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, agency officials said.
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U.S. and Russian officials have said the International Space Station was not threatened by debris from a satellite destroyed by China.
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Atlantis cleared for landing Mystery pieces of space debris which had shuttle mission controllers worried will not prevent a landing attempt Thursday, NASA said today.â¦
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NASA takes a major step toward returning astronauts to space when engineers this week ship an improved rocket fuel tank that has been refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the destruction of Columbia and the death of seven astronauts.