As usual when there is a NASA space shuttle launch or re-entry we broadcast the pictures live. It just so happened that I was on the air in Dallas, Texas. anchoring the early morning Saturday news when Space Shuttle Columbia was scheduled to return to earth across the clear, blue Texas sky. Full Story ››
They were friends and colleagues and now as the launch of the shuttle Discovery is ticking down toward lift-off, Moraga's Steve Robinson said the Columbia crew is on his mind. Full Story ››
Time may have passed, but to those whose lives were touched by Kalpana Chawla -- a NASA Ames researcher in Mountain View and astronuat killed on the Columbia -- she will never be forgotten. Full Story ››
In between space flights, Discovery astronaut Steve Robinson spent an afternoon at Campolindo High School in Moraga, inspiring students at his alma mater to reach for the stars. Full Story ››
If there is a problem on the Shuttle Discovery with its insulation titles, it will be up to Steve Robinson to repair the damage. But training to make those repairs required a bit of Hollywood trickery and old-fashioned ingenuity. Here's a slideshow showing that training. Full Story ››
So just how do you replicate the weightlessness conditions of a space walk? NASA's answer was to have Steve Robinson and Soichi Noguchi spend hours in a pool, honing on the skills they will need during this Shuttle mission's three space walks -- the first scheduled for Saturday.
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