Latest articles by Chris Kridler
Columbia's Astronauts Find Small Miracles of Life and Light
Astronaut Laurel Clark sees small miracles in the living creatures on board.
NASA Security Chief Predicts Safe Shuttle Launch
NASA's security chief says security hasn't increased tremendously for the Jan. 16, 2003 launch of shuttle Columbia.
NASA Readies Space Station Trusses for Next Shuttle Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL – In a big room at Kennedy Space Center, cylindrical labs and plastic-draped trusses surround a 17-ton space girder whose time to fly has come.
Columbia's First Launch Pushed Crew, Workers and Technology
CAPE CANAVERAL - No one really expected the first space shuttle to fly on April 12, 25 years ago.
Shuttle Fuel Tank Workers Ding Foam Insulation
CAPE CANAVERAL - Workers on Tuesday dinged foam on an external fuel tank scheduled to fly with the shuttle in July.
NASA to Ship Shuttle Fuel Tank
CAPE CANAVERAL - Kennedy Space Center is preparing to receive a shuttle fuel tank and get it ready for a May launch. The tank is expected to ship out of New Orleans this morning.
STS-114 Commander Brings Letterman Up to Speed
Astronaut Eileen Collins explained to an agog David Letterman Tuesday night that the space shuttle goes from zero to 17,500 miles per hour in less than nine minutes.
Scrub Delays Delta 4 Launch Until October
CAPE CANAVERAL—A Boeing Delta 4 rocket launch was called off late in the countdown Tuesday evening during a second attempt to launch a weather satellite.
Discovery Shuttle May Roll Back to Pad Early, NASA Says
CAPE CANAVERAL - Shuttle Discovery is to be separated from its fuel tank and rocket boosters this morning, after its rollback last week to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.
NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft on Target Despite Blurry Vision
CAPE CANAVERAL - Deep Impact is on track to smash its impactor into a comet July 4, but its high-resolution camera's focus is still imperfect.
Space Shuttle Discovery Back Inside Hangar
CAPE CANAVERAL - Discovery is moving in the wrong direction but for the right reasons, workers said as the shuttle began rolling back to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center this morning.
Discovery Shuttle Prepares to Leave Launch Pad
CAPE CANAVERAL - About two months since workers hailed Discovery's roll to the launch pad, they are about to move the shuttle back to Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA Chief to KSC: Shuttles' End is Coming
New NASA administrator Mike Griffin, visiting Kennedy Space Center today, made it clear the shuttle would be replaced, and soon.
NASA Seeks Public Views on Nuclear-Powered Pluto Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA is offering people a chance to comment tonight and Wednesday on a planned mission to Pluto that will carry nuclear fuel.
Shuttle Workers Install Inspection Boom Aboard Discovery
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Bunny-suited workers at Kennedy Space Center carefully settled a new inspection boom into place on the right side of shuttle Discovery's payload bay Monday.
