At 3:26pm EDT on Tuesday afternoon the space shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station to begin the journey home. Discovery and its crew of seven spent over a week completing docked operations at the space station.
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After three previous attempts to launch, the space shuttle Discovery lifted off into outer space in what was the last scheduled nighttime launch remaining for the shuttle fleet. NASA only has six more shuttle missions planned before the fleet is retired either in 2010 or 2011. The 37th flight for Discovery started with a brilliant nighttime launch into orbit at 11:59 pm ET Friday night.
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The Endeavour has landed, after completing the longest space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
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The U.S. space agency NASA says the weather forecast is good for Wednesday night's scheduled landing of the space shuttle Endeavour.
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Astronauts at the International Space Station have finished installing a Canadian robotic device to help with future maintenance and construction at the orbiting facility.
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The crews of the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station restored critical power to a Canadian-built robot late Friday.
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The U.S. space agency NASA is counting down toward a nighttime launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station.
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The U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis is back on earth after delivering a new laboratory to the International Space Station. VOA's Michael Bowman has details from Washington.
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The U.S. space agency says it is preparing to bring the Space Shuttle Atlantis home Wednesday, before the U.S. military launches a missile intended to destroy a falling spy satellite.
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In two days of frank discussions behind closed doors, a group of 50 engineers, former astronauts, scientists and former NASA executives concluded that the United States should explore Mars, but needs to rethink how and when to get there.
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A computer for Endeavour shuttle was found damaged. Endeavour is scheduled for an August 7 mission, and NASA is going to repair the computer and launch the mission on the date.
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Atlantis is on its way to Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the 14-day successful mission to International Space Station.
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