A Toxic Leak Haunts the Shuttle Crew
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As he leads his third spacewalk today during the shuttle Discoveryâs mission to the International Space Station, one word is likely to be on Capt. Robert L. Curbeam Jr.âs mind: ammonia.
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Small amounts of toxic ammonia leaked from a fluid line Sunday as two astronauts conducted the second of what could be a precedent-setting three spacewalks in nine days, upgrading the international space station's cooling system.
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International space station astronauts pulled an alarm and donned protective gear Monday after smelling a foul odor that turned out to be a chemical leaking from an oxygen vent, NASA said.
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Leaving the international space station unattended while they stepped outside, the two crewmen hooked up a robotic arm Wednesday and found some kind of gunk on the spacecraft's vents that might explain the frequent breakdowns in its air-supply equipment.
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A former Nasa inspector has been accused of lying about inspecting crucial parts on the space shuttle Discovery before and after the Columbia disaster that killed seven astronauts and grounded the entire orbiter fleet.
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Leak of radioactive waste and water during tremor was worse than originally admitted.
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Microbes that cause salmonella came back from spaceflight even more virulent and dangerous in an experiment aboard the US space shuttle Atlantis, according to a study published on Monday.
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The reaction to NASA's still-secret air safety survey.
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The repair of a landing gear leak on the  space shuttle Discovery could put in jeopardy the U.S.  spacecraft&#39;s October 23 launch date on a construction mission  to the International Space Station, NASA said on Monday.
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The third hurricane to hit NASA&#39;s spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building, but overall
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AS A FORMER NASA astronaut training manager responsible for crew training for shuttle missions, I was not entirely surprised by the initial reports of the sad, bizarre case of Lisa Marie Nowak.   This isn't the first case of astronauts having difficulties in their personal lives.
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The shuttle Discovery is ready to roar, but poor weather might keep it on the ground today.
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The shuttle Discoveryâs mission involves challenging construction work aboard the International Space Station.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN  HOUSTON - An oxygen generator on the international space station overheated and spilled a toxic irritant Monday, forcing the three-man crew to don masks and gloves in the first emergency ever declared aboard the 8-year-old orbiting outpost.
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ORLANDO, Fla.  -- A former NASA inspector has been accused of lying about inspecting crucial parts on the space shuttle Discovery before and after the Columbia disaster that killed seven astronauts and grounded the entire orbiter fleet...
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1st LD: Astronauts on space station notice foul odor    WASHINGTON, Sept.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The crew of space shuttle Atlantis took scrupulous notes during two of last year's construction missions at the international space station, because they will be expected to perform some of the same tasks.