WASHINGTON – One week after the landing of space shuttle Atlantis and its crew, NASA Headquarters in Washington is preparing to welcome the astronauts of the STS-120 crew, which wrapped up a mission ...

HOUSTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. astronauts Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock Tuesday completed the third spacewalk of space shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission. The 7-hour, 8-minute spacewalk included ...

CAPECANAVERAL, Fla. ? Following a breath-taking touchdown of space shuttleDiscovery, the seven-astronautcrew of STS-120 has left their trustworthy vehicle and are again gettingused to Earth's gravity ...

Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock successfully repaired the torn P6 4B solar array during STS-120’s fourth spacewalk. The 7-hour, 19-minute excursion wrapped up at 1:22 p.m. EDT ...

Last week, I was in Los Angeles and spoke at the Transforming Space 2007 conference organized by the California Space Authority. Download and read a transcript of my speech The portion of my speech ...

CLEVELAND – The astronauts that delivered the Harmony module to the International Space Station will give a first-hand account of their flight on Monday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. to employees at Glenn’s Plum ...

Skywatchers here on Earth will be able to see the STS-120 space shuttle and the space station fly overhead in the night sky. Find out when you will be able to see this pair of space bodies. While the ...

A primary task for STS-120, commanded by Pam Melroy, is to deliver and fit the Harmony module to the International Space Station. Harmony's role is to act as a port for future laboratory modules. The ...

Though dozens of women have flown on the space shuttle during the course of its 30-year career, only two have commanded the spaceship. Those two are NASA astronauts Eileen Collins, who led the STS-93 ...

Two astronauts will step out of the International Space Station later today to take part in a six and a half hour spacewalk (Extra Vehicular Activity, EVA) to install the Italian-built Node 2 module, ...