NASA closed the secure control room at JSC in Houston and the equally secure Firing Room 4 at the Kennedy Space Center ... had used the shuttle’s robot arm. Sixteen years later, those brief ...

Operating in orbit demands engineering solutions beyond what any airliner or rocket could offer—and the Space Shuttle ...

(CNN) -- The international space station is about to get a helping arm. Preparations are under way for the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour ... a Canadian-built robot arm for Alpha.

The space shuttle Atlantis can visit the international space station next month, since NASA engineers have formulated a cure for an ailing $600 million robotic arm attached to the orbiting outpost ...

The aircraft brushed the edge of space and Mr. Engle took the controls for the glide down. He soon realized that, without the full panel ... shuttle fitted with its 15-meter-long robotic arm.