By David McAlary Washington 17 July 2006 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has landed in Florida, ending a resupply and maintenance mission to the International Space Station. Its successful flight means the space agency NASA can finally resume const...
By David McAlary Washington 17 July 2006 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has landed in Florida, ending a resupply and maintenance mission to the International Space Station. Its successful flight means the space agency NASA can finally resume const...
By David McAlary Washington 15 July 2006 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has departed from the International Space Station (ISS), but has not gone far away. It will remain in the vicinity of the outpost until flight controllers are certain there is...
By David McAlary Washington 14 July 2006 Expedition 13 crewmember Jeff Williams, left , work on the Interface Umbilical Assembly, the failed component of the railcar system, with commander Steve Lindsey in the Destiny module of the ISS Astronauts ab...
By David McAlary Washington 12 July 2006 Astronaut Mike Fossum (on arm)installs the International Space Station's railcar-like mobile transporter U.S. space shuttle astronauts are on their third spacewalk since Saturday, this time to practice method...
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 11 July 2006 watch Shuttle report With most of its major tasks complete, including an investigation of the protective foam shield, the crew on board Discovery is cleared to return to Earth Monday. Yet, there's still plen...
By David McAlary Washington 10 July 2006 U.S. space shuttle astronauts are on their second spacewalk in three days, acting as orbiting mechanics at the International Space Station. They are making repairs to the outpost's cooling system and its rail...
By David McAlary Washington 08 July 2006 Astronaut Mike Fossum, left, helps astronaut Piers Sellers, right, with tools in Discovery's payload bay during spacewalk, July 8, 2006 Two U.S. shuttle astronauts bounced at the end of a long pole in space S...
By Michael Bowman Washington 06 July 2006 After a successful docking, the crews of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station are working side-by-side some 350 kilometers above the Earth. ----------- German astronaut Thomas Reit...
By Michael Bowman Washington 05 July 2006 Preparations are underway on the Space Shuttle Discovery for Thursday's planned docking with the International Space Station. Discovery's crew spent much of the day performing a thorough examination of the o...