HOUSTON — NASA's shuttle Atlantis will spend two extra days in orbit to allow its astronaut crew to repair minor heat shield damage and perform an extra spacewalk at the International Space Station ...

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Image: STS-117 Mission Specialist John “Danny” Olivas (top) exits the International Space Station’s Quest airlock during the early moments of the mission’s first spacewalk. His partner, Jim Reilly, ...

A main engine computer upgrade developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will fly on Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-117 mission, targeted for launch June 8. The upgrade is part of NASA's ...

NASA Television and the agency’s home on the Internet, http://www.nasa.gov, will provide extensive prelaunch and launch day coverage of the Space Shuttle Atlantis ...

NASA engineers have completed some repairs to the shuttle Atlantis’ hail-damaged external fuel tank at the agency’s Florida spaceport, where a possible replacement is due to arrive Friday, agency ...

On 16-20 June, ESA TV will provide the following rebroadcast of NASA-TV of the STS-117 mission – please note that due to the prolongation of the mission by two days, the activities as of 17 June have ...

A pair of veteranNASA spacewalkers is set to return to the International Space Station (ISS)this week aboard the shuttle Atlantis to help boost the orbital laboratory'spower supply. Astronauts ...

Shuttle mission STS-117 will be extended for two days to enable repair of a tear in a thermal blanket on its left Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod. Johnson Space Center managers and engineers were ...

Astronaut Sunita Williams strikes a pose during an exercise session on the space station. NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams—her NASA colleagues call her “Sunny”—spent a few hours swabbing down the ...

The STS-117 mission was to conclude June 22-23 with an Atlantis landing at either the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., or Edwards AFB, Calif., after thundershowers forced postponement of the first two ...