NEW YORK — NASA engineers and mission managers are weighing their options on how best to fix thousands of hail dings in the foam-covered fuel tank of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. William Gerstenmaier, ...

The Final Inspection Team, or ice team, has completed its walkdown of Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida following this afternoon’s tanking test. Preliminary reports indicate no ...

Aftermonths of unprecedented repairs, the ding-ridden fuel tank of NASA's space shuttleAtlantis is patched up and primed for a planned June 8 launch, top agencyofficials said Friday. "I'm ...

NASAengineers have completed some repairs to the shuttle Atlantis' hail-damagedexternal fuel tank at the agency's Florida spaceport, where a possiblereplacement is due to arrive Friday, agency ...

This story was updated at 2:39 p.m. EDT. Space shuttle Atlantis' massive external tank was filled with super-cold liquid fuel today (June 15), just as it would on launch day, to test upgrades that ...

Cape Canaveral, Florida: The golf ball-size hail that pelted space shuttle Atlantis earlier this week, dimpling its fuel tank, did enough damage that Nasa has decided to cancel its March launch plans ...

NASA engineers will inspect the damaged fuel tank on the space shuttle AtlantisWednesday to assess whether it is fit for a late April launch. Atlantis was originally scheduled to launch on Thursday on ...

The external fuel tank for the shuttle Atlantis – which would launch on a rescue mission if the next shuttle experienced a major mishap – suffered two problems of its own this week. While repairing a ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis’ massive external tank was filled with super-cold liquid fuel June 15 to test upgrades that were made to the tank in advance of its scheduled liftoff next month. The so-called ...

CAPE CANAVERAL (CBS4)- NASA fueled space shuttle Atlantis on Wednesday, but it was only a test leading up to the last flight of the 30-year program. Liftoff isn't until July 8. Shuttle managers want ...