A spacewalking astronaut gently pulled two potentially dangerous strips of protruding filler from Discovery’s tile belly with his gloved hand Wednesday, successfully completing an unprecedented ...

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 ...

HOUSTON -- Apreliminary analysis of the gouged heat shield tile on the belly of NASA'sspace shuttle Endeavour shows promise that a spacewalk repair may not berequired, but NASA will await additional ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — As if reaching for a receipt at the ATM, spacewalker Stephen Robinson on Wednesday gently plucked two strips of protruding heat shielding from the bottom of the space shuttle Discovery, ...