SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -- Eileen Collins, commander of the next space shuttle mission, is eager to strap herself into a rocketship loaded with explosive fuel and fearlessly shoot from zero to 1,000 mph in a minute flat. Just don't ask her to get on a roller coaster.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP) -- The seven astronauts who will fly on the first post-Columbia shuttle mission are at Kennedy Space Center.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP) -- NASA on Friday delayed by another two months the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster, saying it needs more time to ensure that the fuel tank does not shed dangerous pieces of ice at liftoff.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP) -- Preparations for the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster were put on hold for a day while top NASA officials decided whether to stick to a May 22 launch date.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP) -- Preparations for the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster were put on hold for a day while top NASA officials decided whether to stick to a May 22 launch date.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA is late in supplying vital information to the task force overseeing the agency's effort to resume shuttle flights for the first time since the Columbia
disaster. The delay could force the postponement of Discovery's launch in May.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL -- NASA's Return to Flight moved forward overnight as the Space Shuttle Discovery moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building.

Section: Space & Return to Flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP) -- Their mission nearing an end, the two space station astronauts installed antennas and released a baby Sputnik during a spacewalk Monday amid heightened safety procedures and multiple breakdowns.
Section: Space & Return to Flight

By Alan Gionet

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis is also being prepared for launch, as a rescue shuttle for the crew of the Discovery.

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian cargo ship carrying food, equipment and other supplies docked successfully with the international space station on Wednesday, an official said.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (AP) -- It was two years ago when seven astronauts were killed during the space shuttle Columbia disaster.
Section: Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy

ORLANDO, FL -- NASA still needs to fulfill recommendations made by the Columbia accident investigators with only four months left until the scheduled resumption of space shuttle flights.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a major step toward resuming launches of the space shuttle, NASA officials are poised to roll out an improved rocket fuel tank designed to prevent the problems that helped destroy space shuttle Columbia and kill seven astronauts.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (AP) -- NASA hopes to return a shuttle to space by May.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- NASA's Opportunity took the first microscopic photographs on Mars of soil that scientists believe could contain evidence the now-dry planet once was a wetter world capable of sustaining life.