STS-124 mission

NASA managers have scheduled a news conference at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida for no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, May 19, to discuss the status of the next space shuttle launch.

Nasa's Discovery shuttle has blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a 14-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
The shuttle and its crew of seven are delivering the main section of Japan's Kibo science lab but also a new pump to repair the station's toilet.

NASA began an investigation Monday into the unprecedented launch pad damage left behind as the shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts lifted off.

Space Shuttle Discovery made a perfect docking with the International Space Station on Monday, 2:03 p.m. EDT, when it delivered the second component of the Kibo Japanese laboratory and Greg Chamitoff, the new Expedition 17 crew member.

The 10 crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station will hold a news conference at 4:02 p.m. CDT, Monday, June 9.
NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news conference.

A program to develop a new salmonella vaccine has headed to the outer limits. The space shuttle Discovery is carrying a test strain of salmonella, and officials at Spacehab are using the experiment to highlight plans for an ambitious biotech space program.

The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle and station complex shook hands and hugged goodbye Tuesday as the doors swung shut between their spacecraft on the eve of undocking.