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NASA's Griffin Says Discovery Ready To Fly

The NASA administrator thanked the Stafford-Covey Task Force for their efforts in reviewing NASA's preparations to return the space shuttle to service.

NASA Safety Planning Misses On Three Issues

The space agency was expected to fall short on its safety checklist, but Discovery will fly anyway.

NASA Shuttle Recommendations Years From Viability

Though NASA has yet to fully implement three of the 15 recommendations set forth by the Stafford-Covey independent panel, the panel recognizes that the guidelines are unrealistic for the immediate future.

NASA Comet Mission Nearing Completion

On July 4th, the Deep Impact mission will close with Tempel 1, and give humanity its first look inside of a comet.

NASA, Xerox, Team On Voice Recognition In Space

With thousands of tasks on hand for astronauts, a voice recognitions system can be of tremendous help.

NASA Discovery Nearer To July Launch

After a lengthy meeting with engineers, the space agency believes potential ice damage has been brought to an acceptable risk.

NASA Says We Are Ready To Fly

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Thursday the Discovery will fly. NASA said falling debris issues that cost NASA the Columbia and seven astronauts still poses a risk but they believe they have enough of a handle on it to fly the big bird back into space.

The Deep Impact on the 4th of July

NASA's Deep Impact space probe continues to hurl through space on a collision course with the Tempel-1 comet. The probe should hit the comet on July 4th. If this goes off, this will be one of the coolest tricks NASA has ever engineered.

Re-Discovery: Return to the Launch Pad

Excitement crept into the eyes of NASA watchers everywhere as the mighty bird, the space shuttle Discovery, made its way back the launch pad. One of the great symbols of mankind's future prepared itself for its first journey since the Columbia disaster back in early 2003.

NASA Tabs Two For CEV Development

Lockheed Martin and a team of Boeing and Northrop Grumman were selected to compete for the chance to develop the shuttle's replacement.