NASA/JSC has a requirement for the implementation of supporting structures to carry on-orbit additional payload mass. The support structure kit will have the similar design of the one provided for the ...

A cargo container that was built to fly on NASA's space shuttles is being repurposed as a prototype for a deep space habitat. Lockheed Martin announced it will refurbish the Donatello multi-purpose ...

NASA's Super Guppy aircraft landed Tuesday at Ellington Field in Houston with a piece of NASA history that will soon get a new life. The plane's massive nose swung open to reveal a space shuttle Multi ...

With a final shuttle-era spacewalk behind them, the Atlantis astronauts focused on logistics transfers Wednesday, devoting their day to moving cargo and supplies from the shuttle's crew cabin and the ...

There’s more to deep-space missions than merely launching astronauts into outer space and saying “good luck!” The eventual goal necessitates a long-term plan for deep-space habitation; a place where ...

A milestone in preparation for Space Shuttle Discovery’s Return to Flight Mission (STS-114) was achieved on April 14 when the hatch was closed on the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, Raffaello, at NASA ...

NASA has rejected a European proposal to permanently dock an Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) to the International Space Station to try to insure against shortfalls in ISS resupply ...