Theseven-astronaut crew of NASA's space shuttle Endeavour has begun the first fullday in space of the STS-118 mission. Theastronauts awoke to the song "Where My Heart Will Take Me" by RussellWatson, ...

Astronaut and Air Force Col. Benjamin Drew has been assigned to the STS-118 space shuttle mission, targeted for an August launch, NASA said in Houston. Drew, a Washington native, will take a seat on ...

NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe today announced that Barbara Morgan, the agency’s first Educator Astronaut, has been assigned as a crewmember on STS-118, a November 2003 Space Shuttle mission to the ...

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It’s launch day at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where Space Shuttle Endeavour and her crew of seven astronauts are undergoing final preparations for the STS-118 mission to the International ...

After more than two decades of waiting, NASA's first official educator astronaut is ready to fly. Barbara Morgan, who first joined NASA's spaceflyer ranks 22 years ago during the agency's Teacher in ...

The STS-118 astronauts on the upgraded orbiter Endeavour will have a busy weekend of extravehicular activity (EVA), cargo transfer and checkout of the new Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System ...

Astronaut Jeff Williams presses up to the Earth-facing window inside the space station's Destiny laboratory in April 2006. NASA A long-delayed trip for teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan, the ...

When NASA's shuttle Endeavour launched into space late Wednesday with teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and her crewmates aboard, you can be sure three spaceflyers on Earth were watching ...

NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center's launch complex 39A at 18:36 local time on 8 August to start its first mission, STS-118, in over four years. During ...

Rick, Dave & Tracy, we have a couple of last minute notes and reminders before EVA1 tomorrow. We’re looking forward to seeing you put all that training to work. Have a great EVA! * Rick while ...

HOUSTON -- Apair of spacewalking astronauts will venture outside the International SpaceStation (ISS) Wednesday to prime the orbital laboratory for future constructionas NASA works to determine ...