Space Shuttle
New Shuttle Tank Arrives in Florida
NASA completed a major milestone this week as part of its work to get the space shuttle fleet flying again…
NASA Announces May 2005 For Shuttle Flight
Grounded since the Columbia disaster, the space shuttles are tentatively expected to return to flight as early as May 2005,…
Recent Launch Demonstrates NASA Radar System
Two radars installed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center tracked the recent launch of the Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft, and demonstrated they…
Key Part Redesigned for Shuttle’s Return to Flight
NASA engineers have approved the design for a new way to attach the space shuttle to the external fuel tank;…
Shuttle Engine Tested for Return to Flight
As part of their efforts to return the space shuttle fleet back to operation, NASA engineers tested out a complete…
NASA Loans Out Columbia Debris
NASA has released fragments from the space shuttle Columbia to a non-government group for the first time since the accident…
Second Interim Return to Flight Report Released
NASA has been working for the past several months to implement the changes requested by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.…
Shuttle Components Were Installed Backwards
Technicians working on the space shuttles discovered last week that some gears in the braking mechanism had been installed backwards,…
Shuttle Launch Pushed Back to 2005
Space shuttle director Michael Kostelnik announced this week that work to return the shuttle fleet to flight was going slower…
Latest Status on the Shuttle’s Return to Flight
Image credit: NASA It looks like NASA is still a long way from getting the space shuttles ready to fly…