WASHINGTON -- Unless NASA installs a crew ejection system in its space shuttles, it can expect to lose at least one more astronaut crew before 2020, a safety panel told the space agency's top ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a full year studying a variety of escape systems for the space shuttle, NASA is taking a harder look at what was considered the long shot: a flyaway capsule. The idea ...

Unless NASA installs a crew ejection system in its space shuttles, it can expect to lose at least one more astronaut crew before 2020, a safety panel told the space agency's top officials Tuesday.

Few Air Force pilots would dare fly into combat without an ejection seat. Could ejection seats or escape pods have saved the Columbiaastronauts? NASA has, from time to time, added escape devices to ...