Members of the Passonno family of Clearwater have enjoyed talking to Nicole Passonno Stott from space and getting the pictures, but now they say it is time for her to come home. ...more

November 16, 2009

NASA has cleared space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff Monday on a trip to stock the International Space Station with several years' worth of spare parts. Mission managers gave the go-ahead Saturday as forecasters put the odds of good launch weather at 90 percent. ...more

November 15, 2009

Need a job? Want an affordable home? Come to Tampa. You're not likely to hear those words these days, but 50 years ago, that was the marketing campaign of developers luring Northerners to the Sunshine State. ...more

November 1, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic. ...more

October 29, 2009

NASA's newest rocket has blasted off on a test flight that may pave the way for a return to the moon. ...more

October 28, 2009

NASA's newest rocket is stuck on the launch pad because of clouds and high wind. NASA will try again Wednesday. ...more

October 27, 2009

NASA's new rocket is on the launching pad. ...more

October 20, 2009

The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced. ...more

October 8, 2009

The space shuttle has landed at Kennedy Space Center after all. ...more

September 21, 2009

NASA's chief astronaut will shut off the lights on America's space shuttle program. And Clearwater astronaut Nicole Stott will be aboard the last flight. ...more

September 19, 2009