Mission Controllers Monitoring Weather Conditions

Space shuttle Discovery astronauts were awakened at 12:21 a.m. EDT to “The Star Spangled Banner” this…

Weather Forecast Hopeful for Discovery Landing

Mission controllers are still hopeful that space shuttle Discovery can safely return to Kennedy Space Center…

Weather Forecast for Landing Not Promising

The crew’s wakeup call at 12:21 a.m. EDT was “The Star Spangled Banner,” played for Commander…

NASA Announces A New Approach To Earth Science Data Analysis

The way we analyze planet Earth will never be the same, thanks to a new initiative…

NASA Extends Hubble Space Telescope Science Operations Contract

NASA has exercised an option to extend the period of performance of the contract with the…

STS-131 MCC Status Report #30

Space shuttle Discovery will spend another day in orbit after two landing opportunities at Kennedy Space…

Local Student Interns at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Justin Varner of Selinsgrove, Pa., has spent almost four months providing network engineering support to the…

Gazing at Earth

The STS-131 crew snapped this image as space shuttle Discovery remained docked with the International Space…

STS-131 MCC Status Report #31

Space shuttle Discovery’s crew is prepared to return home Tuesday, as mission managers closely monitor weather…

Discovery Crew Performs Landing Preparations

The STS-131 crew powered up Discovery’s flight control system and tested the flaps and rudder that…