The Cupola continues to offer the best views in the universe It has been 15 years since the ultimate selfie booth, the Cupola ...

O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which engineers ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

The world was shocked and saddened 39 years ago after the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy. The crewed shuttle mission for NASA ended moments after the launch with a terrible mid-air explosion on Jan.

On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle Radar Topography ...

The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...

All 135 missions launched from the state's Cape Canaveral, with almost half landing there as well. "This design presents an image of a NASA space shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at ...

"Both of us will be a little bit sad when that feeling of space sort of leaves us after about 24 hours and we're not a little bit motion sickness from coming back home," Williams said. "So, that'll ...

Dr. Harris’ passion for space was ignited at the age of 13 when he watched the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. Determined to ...

After nine missions in 1985, the most in any calendar ... He also announced the shuttles would be retired from service. The space shuttle flight program came to a close on July 21, 2011, when ...

Florida (at top) and Texas dollar coins in the U.S. Mint's American Innovation series celebrating the space shuttle and Mission Control, respectively, to be released in 2025. | Credit: United ...