Steven Lindsey,commander of NASA's STS-121 Discovery flight, and his six-astronaut crew aregearing up for a packed few months of training. The spaceflight's current,20-day launch window opens on ...

Joining Spaulding at the briefing were Debbie Hahn, STS-116 payload manager ... probability of weather prohibiting a [Kennedy] launch to 60 percent.” The forecast indicates the possibility ...

As the final days are counting down NASA is in high-gear to prepare for the final shuttle launch–STS-135–on July 8th. On Monday (June 27), the STS-135 astronauts rehearsed the final launch.

Another contingency plan is to transfer the crew to the ISS and deorbit the orbiter, if such a fundamental flaw in the STS is discovered which would cause an emergency launch to be dangerous ...

NASA began the countdown for the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-115 at noon EDT Thursday, Aug. 24, at the T-43 hour point. During this mission, Atlantis’ crew will resume the ...