When thespace shuttle Discovery launches its seven-astronaut crew Saturday, tuckedinside its cargo bins will be two new tools for heat shield repair and a remotecontrol landing, though neither are ...
NASA could decide later this month which thermal protection system (TPS) repair techniques will be tested in orbit on the first two Space Shuttle return to flight (RTF) missions. The space agency does ...
A Discovery astronaut successfully completed an unprecedented in-orbit shuttle repair during a space walk Wednesday by pulling from the shuttle's belly two pieces of protruding filler between the gap ...