An curved arrow pointing right. Rockets can't just drive themselves to the launchpad — so NASA has two of the biggest vehicles ever built to get them there. Weighing in at 6 million pounds, the ...

Before a rocket can blast off into space, it must travel 4.2 miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. That's where NASA's crawler-transporters come in.

Sierra Space officials announced the autonomous spacecraft successfully completed and passed testing milestones in collaboration with NASA.

"This design presents an image of a NASA space shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Smoke from the solid rocket boosters fills the lower edges of the ...

In the late 1970s, NASA faced a major dilemma: the Space Shuttle program was behind schedule ... touring the facility and learning about the "crawler," the massive vehicle used to transport ...

WASHINGTON — It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle explosion, one of NASA's most devastating tragedies. NASA's Challenger shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lifting off on Jan. 28 ...