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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Space Shuttle Discovery left launch complex pad 39B at 20:47h 35s local time (01:47h GMT on Sunday 10 December) in the first after sunset lift off for four years and is now on its way to begin the ...

With Space Shuttle Discovery poised on the launch pad for the next assembly mission to the International Space Station, NASA managers plan to hold a news conference at approximately 3 p.m. EST, ...

The objective of the FD 8 MMT was to understand the implications of a fourth EVA to assist with retraction of the P6 array with respect to the remainder of the STS-116 mission timeline. As a result of ...

“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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