For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...
As we reflect on the Challenger mission, 39 years later we want to know, what memories do you have of the shuttle, its crew, ...
It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...
The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA’s 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over Rogers Dry Lakebed during the second of five free flights carried out ...
The milestones, heartbreaks, and discoveries that shaped NASA's 30-year shuttle program. NASA's storied space shuttle program experienced extraordinary triumphs and heartbreaking tragedies during ...
Hubble was launched from the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990, and its long service has enabled it to capture a huge amount of data about every corner of the cosmos. But besides the ...
Construction on Endeavour commenced in 1987, using spare parts from Discovery and Atlantis. Final assembly finished in July 1990, and the shuttle was shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in May ...
On this day in 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins, a former flight instructor and test pilot, becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space ...
Yet, a century ago, its discovery by Edwin Hubble opened ... flung open a Pandora's box full of mysteries about time and space that are still challenging astronomers today. Using the largest ...