NASA is considering launching the space shuttle Discovery even if it cannot fix the fuel sensor problem that delayed the shuttle’s scheduled lift-off on 13 July. And at least one former leading NASA ...

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. NASA engineers are struggling to get to the bottom of a mysterious technical problem that kept the space shuttle Discovery from being ...

— -- NASA is finally getting a break. New test results have revealed why fuel sensors on the space shuttle are misbehaving, a problem that baffled engineers and forced the delay of six launches ...

NASA engineers believe they understand Discovery’s launch-scrubbing fuel-gauge problem well enough to begin a new countdown over the weekend. The space shuttle would blast off no sooner than 10:39 a.m ...

The shuttle Discovery was cleared for launch Tuesday after senior managers agreed on a strategy that would permit liftoff even if - and only if - the shuttle experiences a fuel sensor problem like the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — NASA on Thursday set a tentative launch date of Feb. 7 for Atlantis’ long-awaited mission to deliver a European laboratory module to the international space station. The delay — ...

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In a disappointing setback for NASA’s effort to return the space shuttle to flight, mission planners called off the launch of Discovery just hours before its scheduled liftoff Wednesday, citing a ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The long-awaited launch of the space shuttle Discovery was postponed Wednesday after a sensor in the liquid hydrogen fuel tank malfunctioned, pushing the liftoff to ...