The STS-116 crew’s stay at the International Space Station came to an end Tuesday when Space Shuttle Discovery undocked at 5:10 p.m. EST. During its eight-day visit, the STS-116 crew added a new truss ...

STS-116 commander Mark Polansky,pilot Bill Oefelein, NASA mission specialists Robert Curbeam, Nicholas Patrick, Joan Higginbotham, and Swedish astronautChrister Fuglesang haveexited shuttle Discovery, ...

Space Shuttle Discovery’s STS-116 mission to the International Space Station is one of the most complex ever. Seven shuttle astronauts and three station astronauts will work closely with flight ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle — Discovery — is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the international space station ...

No technical issues should affect Thursday’s planned launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, NASA Test Director Jeff Spaulding announced during a countdown status briefing this morning at Kennedy Space ...

While the main purpose of the STS-116 space shuttle mission is to get on with building the space station, the astronauts also will do an assortment of smaller experiments and hardware tests during ...

“I never ever thought there would be such enormous interest as there has been,” said ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang, commenting on the European post-flight tour he has just completed together with ...

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HOUSTON, Sept. 28, 2006 — -- NASA would like to announce Dec. 7 as the official launch date for STS-116, the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station. It had been tentatively ...

The seven STS-116 astronauts,led by veteran commander Mark Polansky, are strapped into their seats, runningthrough their pre-launch checklists and configuring the cockpit for thespacecraft’s ascent to ...