NASA may extend shuttle flight, change spacewalk
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NASA said on Monday that it may add a  day to shuttle Discovery's stay at the International Space  Station so astronauts can inspect a balky joint that rotates  solar power panels on the orbiting outpost.
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NASA is set to launch  another component of the International Space Station into orbit  on Friday, three months behind schedule but in compliance with  more rigorous safety standards imposed after the space shuttle  Columbia disaster in 2003.
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NASA has again adjusted its schedule for bringing the space shuttle back into use. CBS reports that the space agency announced it is aiming for a mid-May launch.
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ASTRONAUTS on the space shuttle Atlantis will spend two extra days in orbit to fix the craft's thermal "blanket".   Experts feared the rip could result in damage to the shuttle during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
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The space shuttle Atlantis' mission to the international space station likely will be pushed back a few more days or weeks as engineers study problems with electrical connectors in the spaceship's external fuel tank, a top NASA manager said Thursday.
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NASA may fly its next-generation space vehicle to the international space station through 2020, four years longer than the agency had originally planned to fly to the outpost, an official said Tuesday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Discovery astronauts added a room to the International Space Station on Friday, extending the orbital outpost so Europe and Japanese laboratories can be linked in as well.
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Leaky hydraulic seals on space shuttle Discovery must be replaced, and the extra work may end up delaying next month's flight, a NASA official said Monday.
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The spacewalk to examine a malfunctioning joint would have been performed by astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis if it had taken off on schedule last week.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA was set on Tuesday   to make a third attempt to launch space shuttle Discovery on a   mission vital to the program's future after easing concerns   over a small crack in the ship's fuel tank.
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PASADENA, Calif. NASA thinks its Mars rovers just might keep going and going and going. The space agency has funded another extension of their mission, for an additional six months, if they last.
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NASA may be going to the same old moon with a ship that looks a lot like a 1960s Apollo capsule, but the space agency said Monday that it's going to do something dramatically different this time: Stay there.
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BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan  - The United States'  grounded Space Shuttle fleet may resume flights to the  International Space Station (ISS) next May or June, a senior  ISS official said Tuesday.
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NASA will cross off one more goal from its shuttle return-to-flight checklist this week when it ships an improved space shuttle external fuel tank to the Kennedy Space Center, officials said Tuesday.
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Two astronauts begin a spacewalk, preparing to fix an extension to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Five years after NASA's shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry and killed seven astronauts, the agency looks to test new safety features even beyond the upcoming launch of the Atlantis orbiter.
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KOROLYOV (Moscow region). Feb 4 (Interfax-AVN) - NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Michael Lopez-Alegria have begun a spacewalk, the Mission Control Center told Interfax-AVN. "The spacewalk will last for about six and a half hours.