Two minutes and 47 seconds into the July 4 launch of the space shuttle Discovery, NASA engineers at Cape Kennedy realized four pieces of external foam on the fuel tank had fallen away and may have ...

From the archives: Watch CBS News coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb. 1, 2003, in the video above. Twenty years ago this Wednesday — on Feb. 1, 2003, at 8:48:39 a.m. EST ...

The $760,000 camera will look down on Atlantis as the shuttle hurtles toward space and record, among other things, the separation of the ship’s two booster rockets about two minutes into flight.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Florida next week, a camera mounted atop the large, orange fuel tank will beam back a shuttle's eye view of a launch for the ...

From video camera to driverless shuttle vehicle Date: November 12, 2014 ... The initial video thus plays the role of a virtual track that the vehicle must follow when it travels in autonomous mode.

The space shuttle’s external fuel tank, which was responsible for the breakup of Columbia in 2003, is getting several crucial safety upgrades for its spring 2005 flight, NASA officials said ...

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In addition to transporting video from the camera to the control room, the POVs facilitate robotic control of the camera shuttle, which is unique in its ability to move both laterally and vertically.

NASA officials are relying on high-tech components aboard the space shuttle Discovery to painstakingly inspect the spacecraft for launch-related damage that could endanger the ship's return. Topics ...

A camera glitch that occurred while astronauts were inspecting the space shuttle Atlantis' heat shield Saturday shouldn't cause any overall negative impact to the mission, a NASA official said.

IMAX Corp. is donating its first cameras used to film aboard the space shuttle to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington.