Based on early evaluations, the team should be ready to install a new flight seal and umbilical carrier plate tomorrow (Nov. 12), Beutel said. Shuttle fuel tank cracks eyed Engineers also removed ...

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 ...

NASA scientists said Friday that preflight safety preparations at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are progressing on schedule for a May 15 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Although the ...

Much of the shuttle’s storied history was written in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. But today, Discovery rests ...

Discovery will arrive at Dulles International Airport in Virginia atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft modified 747 jet on April 17, and then be transported to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center ...

Based on early evaluations, the team should be ready to install a new flight seal and umbilical carrier plate tomorrow (Nov. 12), Beutel said. Shuttle fuel tank cracks eyed Engineers also removed ...

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 ...