WASHINGTON -- Tile repair kits for astronauts were proposed, developed and even tested dating back to the very beginning of the space shuttle program, but NASA officials repeatedly rejected equipping ...

HOUSTON — On shuttle Columbia’s maiden voyage, astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen took a moment to savor a view of Earth from America’s first reusable spacecraft. Then they trained their eyes on ...

NASA showed off its current ideas for in-flight repair of space shuttle tiles this week, a demonstration that went a long way toward finally explaining why the space agency canceled its first tile ...