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Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut who is embarking her first space flight Wednesday, is capturing much of the world’s attention as the space shuttle Endeavour is readied for launch. Morgan served as the backup to Christa McAuliffe under the NASA Teacher in Space program between September 1985 and January 1986, training with the Challenger…

When NASA sends astronauts back to the moon, they will likely have pressurized rovers to drive and large-capacity habitation modules to live in, NASA officials reportedly said Thursday. Speaking at the Space 2007 Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in Long Beach, Calif., Doug Cooke, NASA’s deputy associate administrator for exploration…

NASA launch crews were making final preparations Monday for this week’s launch of the space shuttle Atlantis, which will install the European Columbus science laboratory on the international space station (ISS). Mission STS-122 is slated to lift off at 4:31 p.m. EST Thursday from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Countdown is scheduled…