Melroy stressed that her primary focus in command was on the team not the technology. “As a commander I needed to know about ...

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 ...

In the predawn hours this morning, the payload canister for mission STS-120 arrived at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Italian-built U.S. Harmony module destined for the ...

1. Former President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush will be visiting the JSC Mission Control Center on Thursday. Former President Bush had visited with JSC leadership and the flight control ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...