Nasa Langley Engineers Keeping Eye on Atlantis
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By JON W. GLASS  By Jon W. Glass  The Virginian-Pilot  HAMPTON  Some engineers at NASA Langley Research Center will be watching the space shuttle Atlantis' return to Earth with special interest.
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By The Associated Press  HOUSTON - Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, as engineers continued to review photographs of a section of peeled-back thermal blanket on the space shuttle.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER HOUSTON - Astronauts James Reilly and Danny Olivas were planning to keep their eyes on their gloves Monday during the first spacewalk of Atlantis' visit to the international space station.
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By Traci Watson  NASA engineers cleared space shuttle Atlantis for landing today, concluding after inspections that an object seen drifting near the vehicle and three more pieces of nearby debris were not a worry.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The space shuttle Atlantis is on track for a planned Thursday landing pending the resolution of two final issues, though mission managers do not expect either to impact the orbiter&#39;s Earth return.
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Astronauts on the shuttle Atlantis   packed up gear and checked out their spacecraft on Tuesday as   they prepared to come home from their 11-day mission to the   International Space Station.
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An unidentified object orbiting below and at the same speed as Atlantis may have been shaken loose from the space shuttle, leading NASA officials to scramble to find out whether the vehicle remains safe to make the descent back to Earth.
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LOOKING SHIPSHAPE: NASA has reported no serious problems with Atlantis' critical heat shield. Astronauts spent much of Sunday using the shuttle's robotic arm to take pictures of the wing and underbelly.
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By Mark Carreau Houston Chronicle  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's long wait to resume construction of the international space station neared an end as the space agency made final preparations to launch the shuttle Atlantis today.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The seven-man crew assigned to the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis' upcoming mission to the International Space Station arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for Friday's planned liftoff.
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Atlantis astronauts guided a robotic sensor arm along the outside of the shuttle Sunday to check for damage from its Florida launch.
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Atlantis' crew Saturday inspected the U.S. space shuttle's heat shield and prepared for a Sunday rendezvous with the international space station.
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As NASA readies the space shuttle fleet to fly again, the agency&#39;s risk management teams are also paying attention to risk issues that affect the International Space Station.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis are hoping for clear skies over Florida tomorrow as they near the end of a successful construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
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By Traci Watson  The astronauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis will search their ship's exterior today for missing pieces of the vehicle after a mysterious object was seen whizzing along near the spacecraft Tuesday.  NASA engineers do not know the object's size or altitude.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will decide whethe