Space Shuttle Crew Returns Home after 11-Day Mission

Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven astronauts ended an 11-day journey of nearly 4.5…

Atlantis Ready for Landing Friday

The STS-129 crew spent its final full day in space Thursday. The crew tested Atlantis’ flight…

Crew Performs Flight Control System Checkout

The Atlantis crew has performed the Flight Control System checkout and the Reaction Control System hot-fire…

STS-129 Crew Preparing to Return Home

Commander Charlie Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Leland Melvin, Robert…

The Way Home

Seen over the Mediterranean Sea, near the Algerian coast, the space shuttle Atlantis is featured in…

STS-129 MCC Status Report #20

The seven-member crew of Atlantis is packing the orbiter and preparing to return home, wrapping up…

STS-129 MCC Status Report #21

Atlantis crew members spent part of Thanksgiving Day preparing for their scheduled Friday landing.

Flight Controllers Develop Workaround to Bypass Suspect Filter

A routine disposal overboard of waste water and urine collected aboard Atlantis was terminated early. It…

Waste Water Dump Nozzle Not Concern for Friday Landing

Shuttle astronauts used the camera on the Orbiter Boom Sensor System to survey the condition of…

Waste Water Dump Flow Reduction Not Expected to be Issue

During a purge of the space shuttle waste water tank Wednesday morning, Mission Control noticed a…