NASA says new space shuttle tank is finished, ready to be shipped.
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WASHINGTON NASA says it is days away from shipping a newly-designed space shuttle part, a piece that is pivotal in getting the US fleet off the ground again.
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NASA declared that it's back in the space-station assembly business Thursday after shuttle Atlantis and its six astronauts safely returned from a 12-day mission to install a big new piece of the orbiting outpost.
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SPACE.com / CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Atlantis' foam-covered fuel tank did shed some debris midway through today's successful launch, but the events are not believed to be a threat to the spacecraft, NASA officials said Saturday.
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NASA officials  have given the green light for a June 8 launch of the space shuttle Atlantis to  deliver new solar arrays to the International Space Station (ISS).
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - In a routine familiar to travelers on Earth, shuttle astronauts were spending Tuesday packing their things, indulging in their surroundings one last day and making sure their vehicle is ready for the ride home.
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NASA gave the green light Monday night for a Fourth of July shuttle liftoff despite worries about a piece of foam that popped off Discovery&#039;s external fuel tank while the spacecraft sat on the launch pad.
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The U.S. space shuttle  Endeavour was rolled out of a hangar on Monday and taken to an  assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center to be fitted with  a fuel tank and booster rockets for a scheduled August 7  launch.
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The space shuttle Atlantis completed its visit to the International Space Station Sunday after successfully attaching a truss to the orbital outpost.
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HOUSTON - NASA&#39;s space shuttle Atlantis berthed with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday afternoon, ending a two-day chase to deliver new solar arrays to the orbital laboratory.
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A 27-ton fuel tank is making a five-day voyage across the Gulf of Mexico to NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the space agency prepares for its first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster in 2003.
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Science & environment: The space shuttle Atlantis was yesterday closing in on the international space station and was expected to dock there last night
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Final preparations were underway Monday at Florida's Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited launch Wednesday of the space shuttle Atlantis.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis prepared to dock with the International Space Station after mission managers determined the spacecraft was in excellent shape after Saturday's launch.
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NASA marked a major  milestone in its space shuttle return-to-flight efforts today with the  morning&nbsp;rollout of a redesigned fuel tank at Kennedy Space Center  (KSC).
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NASA resolved lingering concerns about lines connecting the external fuel tank to Atlantis on Wednesday and moved ahead with preparations for the first space shuttle launch of the year.
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A redesigned fuel tank for NASA's first post-Columbia launch emerged from a darkened barge into the morning sunlight Thursday, inspiring dozens of space shuttle workers who gathered to watch.
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By MARCIA DUNN    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- NASA's redesigned space shuttle fuel tanks should no longer shed dangerous pieces of foam when launches resume next spring, officials said Thursday...