Mission Atlantis: Crew Prepares for Friday Homecoming
Clear and cool weather is expected over the Kennedy Space Center Friday as shuttle Atlantis and crew are set to come home following a successful construction mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Mission Atlantis: Shuttle Departs Space Station for Home
Shuttle Atlantis departed the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday following an emotional goodbye that the crew shared with the world.

Mission Atlantis: Crews Take a Break, Prepare to Say Dosvidanya
Having endured a busy work week of truss construction and outfitting, delivering cargo and repairing a broken treadmill, the six American astronauts and three Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took a half-day off Tuesday.

Mission Atlantis: Spacewalks Conclude with Truss Outfitted
Spacewalking astronauts finished everything on their list of things to do Monday, and then some.

Mission Atlantis: New Radiator Panel Deployed
A new heat-dispelling radiator panel was successfully extended at the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday, a good start to a busy day that is to see the final planned spacewalk of Atlantis' STS-112 mission.

Mission Atlantis: Second Spacewalk a Quick Success
A spacewalk staged from the International Space Station on Saturday went so well that astronauts Dave Wolf and Piers Sellers were able to get everything done and get back inside early.

Mission Atlantis: View from Space Would Knock Your Socks Off, Crew Say
On a day mostly devoted to moving cargo from Atlantis to the International Space Station, as well as preparing for Saturday's planned spacewalk, members of the shuttle crew took time Friday to share their insights on the spaceflight experience.

Mission Atlantis: S1 Truss Installed at Station
The International Space Station has a fresh look thanks to the successful attachment Thursday of the $390 million S-One (S1) truss to the orbiting complex.

Mission Atlantis: Shuttle Docks with Space Station
Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday following a two-day chase that began Monday with launch from the Kennedy Space Center.

Mission Atlantis: Shuttle on Target for Wednesday Docking
Shuttle Atlantis closed in on the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, the first full day in orbit for the six-member crew, all of whom are reported to be doing well.

Mission Atlantis: Shuttle Begins Chase of Space Station
Space shuttle Atlantis safely arrived in Earth orbit today, ending a four-month hiatus in launches from the Kennedy Space Center caused by cracked plumbing, broken crawler transporters and a hurricane that threatened Mission Control in Houston.

Mission Atlantis: Shuttle Ready to Broadcast 'Must See TV'
Shuttle Atlantis is being fueled for a planned liftoff this afternoon that promises to provide the most thrilling television pictures ever seen of a space launch from the Cape.

Exhilaration, Fear Fill Astronauts Before Shuttle Launch
You are an astronaut. You are a small person in a big universe, one of a select few, the sum of brains, talent and years of hard physical training.

Mission Atlantis: Hurricane Lili Delays Launch to Monday
Launch of shuttle Atlantis on an assembly mission to the International Space Station has been delayed to no earlier than Monday because of the serious threat Hurricane Lili poses to Mission Control in Houston, NASA officials said Wednesday.

Mission Atlantis: Meet the Crewmembers of STS-112
Call them the leader, the mother, the organizer, the mentor, the ice breaker and the brother. Together they make up the next crew that is to fly NASA's space shuttle Atlantis into Earth orbit.

Mission Atlantis: Helping the Station Keep its Cool
With its cracked plumbing repaired and a much-anticipated television camera mounted to its exterior, shuttle Atlantis is ready to blast off this week on a complex 11-day assembly mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA Declares Shuttle Atlantis Ready to Fly Oct. 2
The date to start NASA's first space shuttle mission in four months was officially set for Oct. 2, the agency announced Tuesday.

Space Shuttle Atlantis Transported to Launch Pad
NASA hopes to launch the space shuttle Atlantis as early as Oct. 2, now that cracks in the spacecraft's fuel lines have been repaired.

Fixing Crawler Transporters is a Massive Job, Literally
Repairing the crawlers that take shuttles to the launch pad is a massive undertaking because the crawlers are so large.

Space Shuttle Welder Perfect for Repair Job
Jerry Goudy, the man who fixed the cracks in space shuttle Atlantis' fuel-pipe liners, is a welder's welder.

More Crawler Cracks Found but Schedule Remains Unaffected
Inspectors have found more cracked bearings in the massive crawlers that carry shuttles to the launch pads, and there could be further discoveries before NASA and contractor United Space Alliance figure out what repairs are needed.

NASA Studies Crawler Transporter Problem, Atlantis' Cracks Welded
NASA officials are considering what to do about a problem discovered Friday with the two giant crawler transporters that move the space shuttle back and forth between the Vehicle Assembly Building and pads 39A and B at Kennedy Space Center.

Repairs on Shuttle Atlantis Begin at Kennedy Space Center
Repairs to the tiny cracks inside shuttle Atlantis' main propulsion system plumbing started Friday afternoon as NASA moved forward with its plan to resume launches in late September or early October.

NASA Officials Set Plan for Resuming Shuttle Flights
Plans to repair tiny cracks within the space shuttle fleet by welding them and resume flying by late September or early October were formally approved by NASA program officials as expected on Friday.

Small Cracks Found in Fuel Line Liners on Atlantis
Technicians are inspecting the liners inside hydrogen fuel lines in shuttle Discovery after finding liner cracks in a pipe leading to one of Atlantis' engines. It's unclear whether the cracks would pose a danger to a shuttle during launch.