NASA has cleared away the historic space shuttle gantries that for decades towered over Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Many space shuttles, as well as manned and unmanned ...

The space shuttle Discovery is set to make its last journey to Launch Pad 39A Monday (Jan. 31) to prepare for one final voyage into space. Discovery will launch into space on Feb. 24.

NASA returned the space shuttle Discovery to the launch pad Wednesday for the first mission since the Columbia disaster, after replacing the external fuel tank with a new model designed to prevent ...

Space shuttle Discovery is set to make one last trip to the launch pad late Monday, to gear up for its final mission as NASA moves closer to retiring its orbiter fleet for good.

Space.com: The space shuttle Discovery completes an eight-hour trek to its launch pad, bringing the massive craft closer to a planned July liftoff.

The Shuttle is on top of the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) and is then moved by the Crawler Transporter (CT) to one of the two launch pads. The launch pad is made of the Fixed Service Structure ...

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.

Space shuttle Atlantis stands on Launch Pad 39A, ready for final preparations for the STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA. April 1, ...

The historic space shuttle gantries that for decades towered over Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are no more.

The space shuttle Discovery will make its last journey to its seaside launch pad in Florida tonight (Jan. 31) to once again prepare to fly its final mission before being retired with the rest of ...