AP: Astronaut Says Space Shuttle Safer
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Legendary astronaut John Young said Thursday, on the verge of his retirement, that NASA has not changed its safety culture since the Columbia accident but has done all it can to improve the space shuttle and should return to flight as soon as possible.
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By Mike Schneider THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA asked an astronaut aboard the International Space Station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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Shuttle astronauts would do a better job of upgrading NASA's aging Hubble Space Telescope than space-faring robots -- with less risk, astronautical experts reported on Wednesday.
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Space shuttle Atlantis with its crew of six glides to a safe landing early Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The shuttle's nearly flawless mission was filled with strenuous spacewalks and rigorous robotics work on the space station.
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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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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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Astronauts on the International Space   Station put on protective clothing after reporting a   foul-smelling vapor on Monday, but the three crew members were   not in danger, NASA said.
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WASHINGTON Dec 28, 2004 - 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
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Weather should be favorable for the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, a NASA spokesman said.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 12 -- Space shuttle astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper stepped out into open space for the first time this morning, looked around and exclaimed, "Aaah. Wonderful."
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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - After five busy days in space and two successful spacewalks, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery planned on taking things easy on Friday.
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NASA asked an astronaut aboard the international space station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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Viewpoint: The latest breakdown poses little threat to the astronauts. But it proves  again that the International Space Station and the Shuttle are clunkers
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By Angie Herrington, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 21--Chattanoogan June Scobee Rodgers says she can relate to how the  families of the six astronauts on the Atlantis space shuttle must have felt  this morning before the spacecraft's expected return.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With a 4-inch gap in the space shuttle Atlantis' heat-protecting blanket not appearing to be a problem on Saturday, the crew readied themselves for what NASA called a delicate ballet with the international space station.
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NASA dismissed worries that a mysterious small object seen floating near the vehicle might be a sign of trouble.
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NASA&#39;s safety chief Wednesday dismissed sensational claims that astronauts had been drunk on flight missions, boosting the US space agency&#39;s battle to repair its tarnished credibility.