The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday that it no longer would perform space shuttle modifications in Palmdale, where the durable spacecraft had been assembled and maintained ...

The United States Space Shuttle fleet may be grounded indefinitely, but the overhaul and maintenance teams have not halted work on the world's only reusable vehicles to carry humans to space. Before ...

Lockheed Corp. has overcome questions about the safety of its shuttle maintenance operation at Kennedy Space Center to win an additional $1.6 billion contract extension from NASA to service the ...

California boasts a fine facility at Palmdale to perform major maintenance work on the space shuttle. But is that the most efficient way to go? The evidence suggests that it isn’t, that shuttles could ...

Leaks in fuel lines. Cracked door hinges. Pitted and stained exteriors. Even holes drilled by woodpeckers. As America’s space shuttle fleet has aged, its obvious scars and glitches have accumulated.