HOUSTON, March 14 -- NASA on Tuesday postponed the next space shuttle launch from mid-May until July because of fresh concerns about the external fuel tank, whose defects caused the loss of the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA discovered cracks in Discovery's fuel tank Wednesday, an added problem that will complicate trying to launch the space shuttle on its final voyage this year. The two ...

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, a frozen chunk of foam from the external fuel tank fell off, crashing ...

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The shuttle launch display will be the centerpiece of the 200,000- square-foot Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which will nearly double the Science Center's educational exhibition space.

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center workers will conduct a second test of shuttle Discovery's fuel tank to determine why sensors critical for flight failed an earlier one, a NASA spokesman ...

How to watch "The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth" online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and from anywhere. New documentary goes inside the Columbia disaster.

Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, and a rookie, Bob ...

(Adds details on delay) By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec 6 (Reuters) - NASA postponed Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis to resolve a fuel sensor problem but officials said they ...