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Little Johnny catches his parents going at it. He yells in, "Hey, Daddy! What are you doin'?" His father replied, "Son, I'm filling your mother's tank." Little Johnny remarks, "Oh, yeah? Well, you better get a model that gets better mileage, cause the postman filled her this morning."

NASA has begun reinforcing support beams on the external fuel tank of the space shuttle Discovery after extensive X-ray imaging last week revealed new cracks in some of the structural supports ahead of the spacecraft's final mission, scheduled for early February. Technicians at NASA's Kennedy...

NASA said more repairs are needed on space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank. NASA engineers will repair small cracks found on the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank -- a development that could further delay its launch. "The X-rays showed four additional small cracks on three stringers...

A technician examines the area of the external tank where foam was removed Wednesday. Engineers will need to repair two newly discovered cracks on part of Space Shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank before the next launch attempt at Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA said Wednesday. The roughly...

Last shuttle fuel tank rolls off the line NEW ORLEANS, (UPI) -- The giant fuel tank that will be used on the last scheduled U.S. space shuttle mission got its own send-off Thursday as it rolled off the assembly line. NASA and Lockheed Martin marked the occasion at the Michoud Assembly Facility...