A new NASA report says that the seat restraints, suits and helmets of the doomed crew of the space shuttle Columbia didn't work well, leading to "lethal trauma" as the out-of-control ship broke apart, killing all seven astronauts. ...more

December 30, 2008

NASA's soon-to-be-retired space shuttles are up for grabs. ...more

December 17, 2008

Mary Epperson's feet were back on the ground but her head was still up in the clouds as she stood before her students Monday at Hudson Middle School. Less than 24 hours earlier she had experienced something that until just a few years ago had only been known to astronauts and few others, the feeling of floating virtually weightless in the air, and she did it without having to go into orbit. ...more

December 17, 2008

Dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented space shuttle Endeavour from returning to its home base in Florida on Sunday, and NASA ordered the astronauts to take a detour and land in sunny California. ...more

November 30, 2008

Astronauts tinkered Sunday with a troublesome piece of equipment that can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water once it's functioning and that will allow the International Space Station to grow to six crew members. ...more

November 24, 2008

Astronauts tinkered Sunday on a troublesome piece of equipment which can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water once it's functioning and allow the international space station to grow to six crew members. ...more

November 23, 2008

A tool bag that floated away from a spacewalking astronaut this week was one of the largest items ever lost in space, and NASA guessed it cost about $100,000. ...more

November 20, 2008

A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away. ...more

November 19, 2008

Space shuttle Endeavour linked with the International Space Station on Sunday, kicking off a huge home makeover that will allow twice as many astronauts to live at the station beginning next year. ...more

November 17, 2008

Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts unfurled a 100-foot, laser-tipped pole and surveyed their ship for any launch damage Saturday while drawing ever closer to their destination, the International Space Station. ...more

November 16, 2008