Cape Canaveral News

It soared eastward into the sky, peaked at about 28 miles altitude, then the solid-rocket first stage separated from its dummy second stage and dropped into the ocean as planned. But two of three parachutes failed to deploy to soften...

OK. Here's the stats about the White House Christmas from first lady Michelle Obama 's official preview of same: - 50,000: Number of visitors to the White House in the next three weeks. - 3,400: Number of hours it took...

The mission, designated STS-129, included three spacewalks and the installation of two platforms to the International Space Station''s truss, or backbone. The platforms hold large spare parts to sustain station operations after the shuttles are retired.

Space shuttle Atlantis is circling Earth in pursuit of the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of six will hook up with the space station Wednesday. In the meantime, the astronauts will pull out an inspection boom Tuesday and...

Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born. Bresnik's wife, Rebecca, gave birth to Abigail Mae Bresnik just after midnight. At the time, Bresnik was in orbit 220...

The third and final spacewalk of space shuttle Atlantis' mission will conclude Monday, 23, 2009, at 1 p.m...Satcher will be joined outside by Randolph Bresnik, the father of a new baby girl. A pair of astronauts stepped out on the...

Fla. — A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore. Atlantis crewmen Michael Foreman and Dr. Robert Satcher...

An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment embarked on the first spacewalk of his career Saturday, tackling a load of maintenance work outside the International Space Station. Atlantis crewman Randolph Bresnik ventured out into the black...

Atlantis shuttle astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. holds a camera during his mission's first spacewalk Atlantis shuttle astronaut Robert Satcher Jr. holds a camera during his mission's first spacewalk The crew of the shuttle Atlantis plans to spend today wrapping up...

Florida — Space shuttle Atlantis is closing in on the International Space Station. Atlantis will do a pirouette for the station cameras late Wednesday morning, for a final check to make sure there's no damage to the thermal tiles on...