Shuttle heads for space station after scan
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The Discovery headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a scan showed no damage to the shuttle during the first night-time launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster, mission managers said on Sunday.
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Astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis today performed a fly-around to get a look at the space station before leaving.
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Shuttle Atlantis chased the international space station in orbit Friday as its crew prepared for a laser inspection of their ship's wings.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on Tuesday cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff in two days on a mission to deliver Europe's first permanent space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis ended a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Sunday, slipping into a berthing port to deliver more solar-powered panels and a new crewmember 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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Two astronauts ventured out of the   International Space Station on Wednesday for the second   spacewalk of a shuttle mission critical to completion of the   half-finished orbital outpost.
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Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis performed a fly-around to get a look at the International Space Station before leaving.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, United States: After a fiery ascent that turned night into day, space shuttle Discovery and its crew headed to the International Space Station yesterday to rewire the orbital outpost.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Shuttle Atlantis started for home on Tuesday, leaving the International Space Station with new solar power wings, a fresh crew member and a mystery over what knocked out the space station's computers.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER HOUSTON - Space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to depart the international space station after a test Monday showed Russian computers that crashed last week can control the outpost's orientation.
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Space shuttle Atlantis has made a pre-dawn landing here after a successful 12-day construction mission to the orbiting International Space Station.
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The space shuttle Atlantis has lifted off into the Florida sky Friday, carrying a crew of seven astronauts headed for the international space station. The mission was delayed by a damaging hailstorm and overshadowed by a lurid love triangle.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Â After two months of delay, a new Columbus voyage set sail aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis Thursday as seven astronauts rocketed toward the International Space Station (ISS) with a European-built lab.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Space shuttle  astronauts left their ship for a fourth spacewalk on Monday in  a last-ditch effort to free a jammed solar wing panel on the  International Space Station and complete every job NASA wanted  for its final flight of the year.
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Space shuttle Atlantis headed for Earth on Wednesday as its crew awaited the results of a final heat shield inspection.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a two-day journey, space shuttle Discovery reached the international space station Monday for a weeklong stay to continue construction on the orbiting lab and rotate out a crew member.