One Minnesotan in Space, Another in Mission Control: As a St. Paul Native Toils Aboard the Space Shuttle 200 Miles Above Earth, Minnesotan Paul Dye Directs the Flight From Houston.
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By Steve Scott, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 14--While one Minnesotan walks in space, another is anchored at Houston Mission Control as the lead flight director of the Atlantis shuttle mission.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - The astronaut crew of NASA's next shuttle mission arrived here at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) late Sunday, flying in aboard white and blue T-38 training jets.
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  --  Last summer, astronaut Lisa Nowak was soaring 220 miles above Earth, floating in the rarefied air of the international space station.
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By Scott Richardson  BLOOMINGTON - Lincoln native Scott Altman will lead a space shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA administrator Michael Griffin announced Tuesday. "It really is a great day for space exploration. ... It's a great day for NASA.
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John W. Young, Commander of First Shuttle Mission and NASA&#39;s Longest-Serving Astronaut, to Retire. HOUSTON Dec 8, 2004 - The longest serving astronaut in history, who flew twice to the moon and commanded
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KOROLYOV, Russia -- A U.S. astronaut and his Ru
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By Houston Chronicle  Jun. 23--If overcoming adversity is a criterion for a successful venture into space, the 14-day mission of the shuttle Atlantis to the international space station ranks high on the list of most productive flights.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Oct. 18, 2004 - The space station&#39;s newest astronaut will cast his ballot in the presidential election from 225 miles up, with NASA&#39;s help.
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By Ja'Rena Lunsford, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--Rocketplane Kistler is one step closer to launching a demonstration flight to the International Space Station.
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By Roy A. Bahls, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 15--Weather permitting, local sky watchers are in for some prime viewing of the international space station and space shuttle Discovery as they streak overhead.   Sightings of the ISS and shuttle can be had about 6:04 p.m.
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By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Feb. 7--A system failure caused some glitches on the station, and the shuttle traveled a little too far into space, directors say, but for the most part the Columbia Aeronautic and Space Association mission is going well.
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By Traci Watson  All through a 10-year wait to go to space, astronaut Lisa Nowak kept her cool. She reached orbit on the space shuttle in July -- and upon returning, her life went dreadfully wrong.
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By Martin Merzer and Phil Long, The Miami Herald  Jun. 3--CAPE CANAVERAL -- It's a whole different kind of launch countdown: More than eight years and . . . still counting for many NASA astronauts who have done everything except, you know, fly in space.
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By PAUL THOMPSON  THE space shuttle pilot at the centre of a love triangle that led to a showdown between his two lovers is to leave Nasa.   William Oefelein, 42, has been reassigned to the US Navy ending his career as an astronaut.
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By Katie Pesznecker, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 17--Alaska's first astronaut has been in space about a week, and so far Bill Oefelein's trip from Last Frontier to Final Frontier has been a smooth ride.
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Paul Allen&#39;s money and vision recently gave the world its first privately financed space flights. Why can&#39;t his football team get a yard?
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By JIM SKEEN\\ Staff Writer  EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - One of the first space shuttle missions Joe D'Agostino ever worked didn't involve a journey into space -- just a long, slow roll down 10th Street East.