Oct. 24 -- After two days of weather delays, the space shuttle Discovery is finally facing better chances for a landing today in California. Winds, rain and clouds continue to loo ...

If landing occurs as scheduled, this will be the 63rd landing at Kennedy in the history of the shuttle program. Atlantis will be serviced and prepared for its next mission, STS-117, set for ...

Altogether, Mission Control will have five landing opportunities to work with, the first at the Florida shuttle port at 9:52 a.m. CDT. The last opportunity of the day is in California at 4:10 p.m.

Millions along Discovery's landing route may be able to spot it in the sky. Nov. 7, 2007 — -- Millions of people along Discovery's route Wednesday may be able to get a glimpse of the shuttle ...

N. Wayne Hale Jr., space shuttle program manager, said yesterday during a briefing in Houston. "Is it something benign, or is it something more critical we should pay attention to?

NASA was not thrilled about the next-best landing site, White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, because it lacks the cranes and other equipment needed to transport the shuttle back to its home at ...