The crew of NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis departs for launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center
Astronauts Alan Poindexter (l) and Steve Frick (r) wave to the media as they depart from the crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on February 7, 2008. Frick and Poindexter will pilot the shuttle to the International Space Station where their crew will install the European Space Agency's Columbus module to the orbiting laboratory. .(UPI Photo/Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., April 5 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Discovery reached orbit Monday after a near-perfect launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and then encountered a communication problem.
BERLIN, June 4 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel met European and U.S. astronauts this week in Berlin.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Thursday afternoon from the Kennedy Space Center, beginning an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency crews were busy Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center, preparing for the fourth and final space shuttle launch of 2007.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency started the countdown Monday for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station.
WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- NASA announced crew assignments Thursday for the STS-122 space shuttle mission, which is scheduled for October 2007.
PARIS, July 20 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says Hans Schlegel of Germany will fly on the October 2007 space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
