Astronauts Discover Damage to Space Station
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The discovery suggested problems for the orbiting space station that could affect ambitious plans to add two power-hungry laboratories.
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Discovery's astronauts used lasers and digital cameras Wednesday to examine the shuttle's wings for any signs of launch damage as they gained on the international space station with every circling of Earth.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The International Space Station's main computers remained shut down on Friday following a critical systems crash, while visiting astronauts prepared to fix insulation damage on the space shuttle Atlantis.
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By Traci Watson  A pair of astronauts from space shuttle Discovery undertook a risky spacewalk Monday to prod a jammed solar panel on the International Space Station into place so the station can be finished.
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NASA reported progress on glitches to a critical computer system on the International Space Station on Friday as astronauts repaired insulation damage to the space shuttle Atlantis during a spacewalk.
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NASA reported major progress on glitches in a critical computer system on the International Space Station on Friday as astronauts repaired insulation damage to the space shuttle Atlantis during a spacewalk.
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Two spacewalking astronauts added a new  piece to the metal backbone of the International Space Station  on Tuesday, clearing the way for a critical power rewiring  later this week.
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Balky computers on the International  Space Station were fully revived on Saturday, but crew members  admitted the problem had worried them and served as a reminder  that spaceflight is dangerous.
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Astronauts working on the International   Space Station had troubles on Wednesday familiar to any   backyard mechanic on Earth -- a lost bolt and a broken tool.
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HOUSTON - Two spacewalking astronauts helped pry a massive solar power tower from its perch atop the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday and discovered odd metal shavings in a large joint that turns the orbital lab's starboard solar arrays.
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Russian and NASA engineers worked into the evening yesterday to figure out why two computer systems essential to the operation of the international space station crashed, and the agency began making contingency plans that include potentially abandoning the $100 billion facility if they should fail.
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Russian cosmonauts and engineers may have corrected a problem that caused computers aboard the International Space Station to crash.
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Shuttle Discovery astronauts checked the orbiter's wings and nose for damage on Wednesday using lasers and a camera atop its robotic arm, a day ahead of its rendezvous with the International Space Station.
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By SETH BORENSTEIN HOUSTON - The orbiting Discovery crew, en route Sunday to rewire the international space station, first had to make sure the shuttle's heat shield wasn't damaged during liftoff.
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Russian and U.S. space scientists reported multiple computer problems late Wednesday and early Thursday aboard the International Space Station.  Russian controllers in Moscow reported navigation computers in the Russian section of the space station malfunctioned.
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HOUSTON - Astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery will take a few hours off Monday after some delicate robotic arm work to move a massive girder outside the International Space Station (ISS), while engineers on Earth study contamination in one of the orbital laboratory's solar array-turning joints.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 13 -- Two astronauts spent more than six hours in space Tuesday attaching large new girders to the international space station -- the first major addition to the half-finished station in almost four years.