The shuttle Endeavour ascends from its Kennedy Space Center launch pad into a dark sky on Nov. 23, 2002 - the last time NASA executed a nighttime shuttle launch. Chris O'Meara / AP file Dec. 6 ...

Time was running out. With the space shuttle program ending, veteran writer and photographer Ed Darack knew he’d have to hurry if he wanted to shoot a shuttle launch—especially a nighttime ...

"You should be able to see it from as far asthe Carolinas, ... The first shuttle night launch took place onAug. 30, 1983 at 2:32 a.m. EDT as Challenger began the STS-8 mission.

It could be visible in the sky from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Charleston, South Carolina, and as far west as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, nearly 400 miles away, experts say.

Who's up for a late-night rocket launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX rocket could be visible from the First Coast around 1:30 a.m. on July 2.

Who's up for a weekend launch? Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket could be visible from the Treasure Coast.

Late-night launch window! Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch should be visible in the Volusia County sky ...

All eyes will be on the sky Tuesday night as a 59-foot-tall rocket prepares to launch from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. The launch was originally scheduled for Monday, Jan ...

so far, everything is looking like it is on track. the crew access arm was retracted of many steps that friday, one will come over the weekend, as the 322-foot sls rocket stack is prepared for launch.