CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA discovered cracks in Discovery’s fuel tank Wednesday, an added problem that will complicate trying to launch the space shuttle on its final voyage this year. The two cracks ...

SPACE CENTER, Houston -- Just how the foam insulation was applied to the fuel tanks of NASA's space shuttles is getting special attention by the board investigating the Columbia accident, officials ...

Engineers investigating the debris-shedding problem with NASA’s shuttle fuel tanks found a series of hairline cracks in the same area where foam popped free during the July launch of the shuttle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Workers may have accidentally cut or crushed the section of foam that broke off Discovery’s fuel tank during its launch two months ago – a mishap that threatened the safety of ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The engineers who built the massive external fuel tank that will power the shuttle Discovery into orbit this spring used sophisticated X-ray detectors developed by UF researchers ...

Space shuttle Discovery’s external fuel tank appears to be safe to fly the next mission on 1 July, according to shuttle managers and engineers who completed a two-day review on Wednesday. NASA still ...

SPACE CENTER, Houston - Just how the foam insulation was applied to the fuel tanks of NASA's space shuttles is getting special attention by the board investigating the Columbia accident, officials ...

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 ...