Nov 14th, 2008 · A new toilet and fridge will soon be orbiting the Earth. Astronauts on board space shuttle Endeavour will be taking a load of new equipment up to the International Space Station, to get everything ready so that next year the station can double its crew from three to six. The space shuttle is scheduled to liftoff Friday night.
Aug 8th, 2007 · NASA pumped more than 500,000 gallons of fuel into the space shuttle Endeavour's tank Wednesday, ahead of its 6:36 p.m. ET liftoff. With good weather forecast for the launch, the two-decade wait for teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan may soon be over. Morgan was Christa McAuliffe's backup when Challenger blew up shortly after liftoff in 1986.
May 25th, 2007 · A veteran space reporter takes Kennedy Space Center's new state-of-the-art ride ... for a ride. Pat Duggins says that thankfully, the simulated shuttle launch isn't completely authentic.
Jul 4th, 2006 · Discovery's astronauts arrived at the launch pad Tuesday morning for the first liftoff of a space shuttle on Independence Day. After a day of inspections and debates over safety following the discovery of a crack in the foam insulation of the shuttle's fuel tank, officials decided the launch was a go.
Jan 28th, 2006 · Today marks the 20th anniversary of the explosion that destroyed space shuttle Challenger and its seven-member crew. The mission was doomed by poor decision making before liftoff on a cold Florida morning.
Aug 11th, 2005 · NASA officials say the agency's engineers have found no easy answers to the problem of falling foam during the liftoff of space shuttles -- and a scheduled September launch will likely be delayed. Two NASA engineering teams reported on the problem Thursday.
Aug 11th, 2005 · NASA says it will delay Thursday's launch of the Mars reconnaissance orbiter. Problems with the Atlas V rocket carrying the spacecraft couldn't be resolved in time for liftoff. An issue familiar to the crew of the Discovery prompted the scrub: a low-fuel sensor failed to work correctly.
Aug 10th, 2005 · The return of Space Shuttle Discovery marks a much-needed success for NASA. The future of the shuttle fleet, however, is in question. Debris flew off the shuttle during liftoff and engineers have to figure out why before another shuttle flies.