MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – A new space shuttle tile inspection method using NASA-built, wireless scanners is replacing manual inspection. The new process begins with the upcoming shuttle mission, STS-118 ...

WASHINGTON — As the Space Shuttle Program nears retirement, NASA is looking for ways to preserve the program’s history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers.

Click to open image viewer. Black reusable insulation tiles shielded the entire underside of the Space Shuttle orbiter, as well as portions of the vertical tail, wings, and forward and aft fuselage ...

NASA is expanding its offer to museums and schools of space shuttle heat shield tiles and food packaged for spaceflight. Beginning Tuesday, museums across the United States will be eligible to receive ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Ceramic heat-protection tiles — for three decades, the fragile symbol of the space-shuttle era — have gained an unexpected new lease on life. Long assumed to be destined for the ...

Now the failure of the tiles is a leading theory for the catastrophic end of Columbia. NASA struggled for years in trying to ensure that the tiles were firmly attached to the shuttle, Paul Fischbeck, ...

NASA reported Tuesday that Atlantis’ crew noticed a few dings in the space shuttle’s tiles as they completed a planned survey of the shuttle heat shielding. Experts will continue to analyze the ...

NASA officials said Friday that the space shuttle Endeavour suffered damage to its protective tiles during this week's launch, but they won't know until Sunday at the earliest whether the damage will ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is taking a close look at some damage to the black thermal tiles on the belly of space shuttle Endeavour. The gouges and nicks were spotted in photos taken right before ...