Michael Cabbage

Shuttle Discovery set to land Monday, weather permitting

August 21, 2021 at 6:08 a.m.

Weather permitting, Discovery will end its 13 days in orbit Monday morning with the first shuttle landing at the Kennedy Space Center since 2002. Discovery's six astronauts are scheduled to...

Shuttle flights face maze of checks before final `go’

August 22, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

Two years ago Tuesday, the shuttle Columbia disintegrated on its way back to Earth, killing all seven astronauts and shattering confidence in NASA's system of safety checks and balances. The...

NASA’s safety culture blamed

August 22, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

NASA's own bureaucracy was as much to blame for the space shuttle Columbia disaster as a dislodged piece of foam insulation that punctured the orbiter's wing on takeoff, the board...

NASA set to change shuttle operations

August 22, 2019 at 5:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON - NASA is planning sweeping changes to the space shuttle's operation and management before returning to flight, according to an internal agency plan for safely resuming launches. The changes...

Bolts cited as latest threat to shuttle fleet

August 20, 2021 at 10:50 p.m.

Investigators are examining whether parts from the large bolts that attach the space shuttle to its twin rocket boosters could break free during launch and pose a threat to NASA's...

Shuttle data hint crew saw trouble

August 21, 2021 at 3:10 a.m.

A new NASA timeline offers a conflicting glimpse inside shuttle Columbia's cockpit, where some data indicate the astronauts may have tried to take the ship off autopilot and fly manually...

Family members and others gather for a memorial service for the astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Engineers: Analysis minimized danger

August 22, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Space shuttle mission managers at a key Jan. 24 meeting hastily approved a technical analysis that some shuttle engineers now say overlooked the fatal potential of debris damage to Columbia....

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