NEW YORK — NASA engineers and mission managers are weighing their options on how best to fix thousands of hail dings in the foam-covered fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. William Gerstenmaier, ...

The Final Inspection Team, or ice team, has completed its walkdown of Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following this afternoon’s tanking test. Preliminary reports indicate no ...

NASAengineers have completed some repairs to the shuttle Atlantis' hail-damagedexternal fuel tank at the agency's Florida spaceport, where a possiblereplacement is due to arrive Friday, agency ...

Aftermonths of unprecedented repairs, the ding-ridden fuel tank of NASA's space shuttleAtlantis is patched up and primed for a planned June 8 launch, top agencyofficials said Friday. "I'm ...

The STS-135 payload canister’s move to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is expected to begin at 9 p.m. EDT tonight with the canister’s lift up the pad structure is set for ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis’ massive external tank was filled with super-cold liquid fuel June 15 to test upgrades that were made to the tank in advance of its scheduled liftoff next month. The so-called ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA fueled space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Friday on the final flight of the 30-year program, even though stormy weather threatened to delay the launch.

NASA engineers will inspect the damaged fuel tank on the space shuttle AtlantisWednesday to assess whether it is fit for a late April launch. Atlantis was originally scheduled to launch on Thursday on ...

This story was updated at 2:39 p.m. EDT. Space shuttle Atlantis' massive external tank was filled with super-cold liquid fuel today (June 15), just as it would on launch day, to test upgrades that ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA fueled space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, but it was only a test leading up to the last flight of the 30-year program. Liftoff isn’t until July 8.