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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NASA was optimistic that the Space Shuttle Atlantis would still land as expected on Thursday, after a favorable weather report and preliminary inspections that did not turn up damage from floating debris found near the shuttle.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  - Astronauts assigned to  NASA's first space shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia  disaster said on Friday they are confident mistakes and  technical problems that led to that accident are in the past.
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Scientists are optimistic that they will retrieve useful information from the smashed capsule that fell to earth in the Utah desert after three years in space, officials said Thursday.
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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 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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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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NASA is close  to&nbsp;meeting all&nbsp;of the return-to-flight safety requirements set by  Columbia accident investigators and should be able to launch a shuttle by May  2005, shuttle program officials said today.
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HOUSTON -- NASA mission managers are weighing plans to address a stubborn solar array left half-exposed above the International Space Station (ISS), and lauded a successful Thursday spacewalk to rewire the orbital laboratory.
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The astronauts who will make NASA's first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster said Friday they are confident it will be a safe voyage, and while they won't be able to fix a hole the size of the one that doomed Columbia, they will have options the last crew did not.
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The US space agency, NASA, says work continues on safety improvements on the space shuttle design in anticipation of the shuttle&#39;s return to flight in 2005.
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Officials overseeing the Atlantis shuttle mission have given the go-ahead for its planned landing on Thursday in Florida, despite earlier concerns over debris floating near the orbiter, a NASA spokesman said.
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Wreckage from the Genesis space capsule yielded good news on Friday when NASA scientists announced the solar payload may still fulfill its scientific promise.
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NASA is counting on a series of preventative measures to get the space shuttle back into flight after the Columbia tragedy in 2003, including tight limits
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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.
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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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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.