Shuttle Astronaut Wobbly a Day After 12 Days in Space
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By Joe Stinebaker Associated Press  HOUSTON -- An astronaut collapsed twice Friday, a day after she returned to Earth in the shuttle Atlantis, and officials attributed her wobbles to the adjustment from 12 days at zero gravity.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For a second day in a row, astronauts began toiling like construction workers during a six-hour spacewalk, bringing to life a new 17 1/2-ton addition to the international space station today.
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A key test of a daring yet wobbly spacewalking technique that could be used someday to repair space shuttle heat shields worked well Saturday and got good reviews from two astronauts from the shuttle Discovery, NASA officials said.
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Malaysia's first ever astronaut is already thinking of a return trip to space, two days after the end of his historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis got to sleep in late Saturday and take a half day off after three arduous and successful spacewalks and a jam-packed week in orbit.
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After three delays last week due to foul weather, the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on an 11-day mission has once again been delayed for 24 hours, this time due to a technical glitch, NASA has revealed.
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By John Schwartz THE NEW YORK TIMES  Like most of today's astronauts, Navy Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak worked in relative obscurity -- even last July, when she took the spaceflight that she had spent 10 years at NASA hoping for.
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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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By RASHA MADKOUR HOUSTON - The space shuttle Discovery crew scored another day floating in the cosmos - precious time for the majority-rookie flight - but it'll hardly be a walk in the orbital park.
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PHILADELPHIA _ A Swedish astronaut kept a Frisbee in the air for 20 seconds Friday, claiming the new world record for "Maximum Time Aloft".  Only thing is, it was floating in zero gravity, aboard the International Space Station.
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Last July, Lisa Nowak was on top of the world. Clad in the bright orange uniform of a United States astronaut, she smiled and posed for the cameras before setting off on a shuttle mission to the International Space Station high above planet Earth. But how the mighty can fall.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For a second day in a row, astronauts began toiling like construction workers during a six-hour spacewalk, bringing to life a new 17 1/2-ton addition to the international space station Wednesday.
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An astronaut from the space shuttle Atlantis collapsed twice Friday during a welcome home ceremony, a wobbly return that officials attributed to the adjustment from 12 days at zero gravity.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the international space station Tuesday for its trip back to Earth, concluding a nearly 10-day stay that included construction work and a computer meltdown.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  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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By JUAN LOZANO HOUSTON - Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission from 11 to 13 days, NASA managers said Monday.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA postponed the return of Atlantis for at least a day and examined the shuttle for damage that could prevent it from making the journey home after a mysterious object apparently fell off the ship in orbit Tuesday.