NASA Blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles and bright exhaust from the solid rocket boosters mark the successful ...

On Dec. 4, 1998, space shuttle Endeavour became the first shuttle to ... insulation had struck the shuttle’s left wing during launch, causing critical damage that ultimately led to the disaster.

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.

The highlight of the center will be the Endeavour, which will be on display in a one-of-a-kind launch-ready vertical display. The 122-foot-long shuttle was lowered into position in the display ...

On this date, Jan. 23, 1998, shuttle Endeavor soared around the planet on its way to the shuttle program's penultimate mission to the Russian Mir Space Station. On that mission, Andy Thomas ...

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The image above was pulled from a high res of the Space Shuttle Endeavor found on NASA’s site. It’s from a set taken by shuttle crewmembers during an active mission and posted to the site last ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...