WASHINGTON -- Tile repair kits for astronauts were proposed, developed and even tested dating back to the very beginning of the space shuttle program, but NASA officials repeatedly rejected equipping ...

HOUSTON — On shuttle Columbia’s maiden voyage, astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen took a moment to savor a view of Earth from America’s first reusable spacecraft. Then they trained their eyes on ...

Accidents do happen ... children drop toys, pots fall in the kitchen, and as a popular flooring choice in many homes, a tiled floor is susceptible to chips from everyday use. If you have a tile floor ...

Astronauts on the space shuttle have tested a heat-shield tile-repair kit. Spacewalker Michael Foreman squeezed a toothpaste-like material into holes in sample tiles; and then patted the goo flat with ...