Dr. LeConte Cathey discusses satellites, the space shuttle, and maintaining technology for space. Join Dr. LeConte Cathey from the University of South Carolina’s Department of Physics and Astronomy on ...

Discovery lost foam debris, like Columbia, but no damage reported. SPACE CENTER, Houston -- NASA grounded future shuttle flights Wednesday because a big chunk of insulating foam flew off Discovery's ...

"The shuttle is like an old car," Chafer adds, "and at a certain point, you have to say, 'I can't keep spending money on this thing."' Dressler, of the Carnegie Institution, believes there's a future ...

NASA managers who sent the shuttle back into space this week discovered it is still shedding big pieces of foam insulation on launch, and they suspended future flights. One chunk captured on camera ...

Washington, DC – Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today announced a Full Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday, March 20, at 2:30 p.m.

SPACE CENTER, Houston - NASA grounded future shuttle flights Wednesday because a big chunk of insulating foam flew off Discovery's fuel tank during liftoff - as it did in Columbia's doomed mission - ...