NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies during its 30-year history ... and reform, Discovery’s STS-114 mission marked the shuttle ...

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

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 ...

The STS-63 mission, more popularly dubbed as the near-Mir mission, was a successful mission that spanned from February 3-11, ...

The seven astronauts were killed when the shuttle broke apart ... who died in the pursuit of space exploration and discovery. As we reflect on the Challenger mission 39 years later, we want ...

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.

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 ...

I have been a space enthusiast ... be known as the space shuttle. [Courtesy Ted Huetter] The shuttle was launched on the back of a rocket, then at the completion of the mission, returned to ...

It was the first time American astronauts were killed in flight, spanning 56 manned missions ... relaunched shuttle flights on Sept. 29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center.