Explore the detailed process of getting the Space Shuttle into orbit around the Earth, primarily conducted at Kennedy Space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- Space shuttle Endeavour's launch has been scrubbed for the second consecutive day due to poor weather. "That's the nature of our business," mission commander Mark ...

The first launch of the space shuttle Columbia in 1981 touched off an era of flight that allowed humans to ride in the same spacecraft to space more than once. The shuttle continued to fly into ...

All 135 Space Shuttle Launches happened from Florida. There are two launch pads - 39a and 39b. First the space shuttle is taken to the Orbital Processing Facility (OPF) where maintenance takes place.

NASA coverage of Space Shuttle Discovery "return to flight" Mission launch was shown. Commander Eileen Collins and her crew embarked on the first U.S. space flight since the loss of the Shuttle ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

After weeks of delays, this morning we finally witnessed the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. Today, at 8:56 a.m. EST, the crew of the Endeavour, with Mark Kelly (husband to Arizona ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery stands at its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The shuttle arrived at 8:30 p.m. EDT Friday on top of a giant vehicle known as the crawler transporter.

Following a detailed inspection of NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., the six-member crew has a new launch date to begin the STS-115 mission to the International ...

Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first Space Shuttle, Columbia. It also happens to be 60 years since the first human flew in space.

In our fourth special preview of the upcoming space shuttle flight, New Scientist counts down the hours and seconds until blast off. The countdown to the shuttle Discovery’s launch on Wednesday ...

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.