The space shuttle was conceived as a concept long before man had even stepped on to the Moon. Its development seemed to many the stuff of science fiction made real. The test orbiter, Enterprise ...

Hubble launched on April 24, 1990, stowed inside the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery.STS-31 was Discovery's 10th launch, and it was the 35th space shuttle mission overall.

Thirty years ago, the space shuttle Challenger exploded. The tragedy shocked a nation caught in launch fever, and reshaped how NASA thought about risk.

Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew members pose for a group photo on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after arriving on March 29, 2011 to begin final ...

Timeline: Key milestones in space exploration ... April 12, 1981--Aboard the space shuttle Columbia, Robert L. Crippen and John W. Young make the first mission in NASA's space shuttle program.

Timeline: Women in Space Hundreds of humans have flown in space. Only 40 women have made the journey -- including Eileen M. Collins, who commands the Space Shuttle Discovery on NASA's historic ...

The space shuttle era is officially over. After 130 missions spanning four decades, its scientific legacy may be mixed, but the role it played in pop culture (and in our hearts) will never be in ...

From the first hints that things were going wrong aboard the space shuttle Columbia until it disintegrated over Texas, killing its seven astronauts, the timeline was brief but full. Seven minutes ...

Loren Shriver (MSAAE ’68) commands the STS-31 mission, which deploys the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble provides a deep view into space that has led to numerous breakthroughs in astrophysics. In ...

Women in space: An international timeline of their milestones to the stars and back More than 600 people who have launched into space. Only 100 have been women.

In addition to the story, the book also includes a timeline of real-life events, starting from Jones' selection to the astronaut class on Jan. 16, 1990, to Space Shuttle Endeavour's safe return to ...