CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Endeavour astronauts surveyed their spaceship's heat shield on Thursday for any damage sustained during launch, while NASA reviewed video showing debris ...

Now the failure of the tiles is a leading theory for the catastrophic end of Columbia. NASA struggled for years in trying to ensure that the tiles were firmly attached to the shuttle, Paul Fischbeck, ...

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster didn’t begin during re-entry. It began 16 days earlier, with something NASA believed was harmless. In 2003, Columbia launched on what appeared to be a routine mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA discovered a worrisome gouge on Endeavour's belly soon after the shuttle docked with the International Space Station yesterday. It was possibly caused by ice that broke ...

HOUSTON — Astronauts worked today to give NASA a closer look at a troubling gouge on the Endeavour’s protective heat shield to help determine whether they need to repair the 3-inch wound on the space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Endeavour rocketed toward the international space station Thursday as engineers on Earth pored over launch pictures that showed debris breaking off the fuel tank ...

A heat shield scan has shown there is no damage to the space shuttle Nasa has given the green light for Discovery to attempt a landing on Monday, after an inspection showed no signs of damage to the ...