From Top to Bottom] Similar leaks have occurred during launch preparations fortwo previous shuttle missions, both in 2009. Both of these were caused by slightmisalignments of the carrier plate ...

Managers expect that Discovery will be ready to begin its cross-country ferry flight atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft by Friday morning. The all-day process of draining of ...

A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour.