May 20: The crew of Shuttle Atlantis hold a news conference on the flight deck. Front from left, Gregory Johnson, Scott Altman and Megan McArthur. Rear from left, Andrew Feustel, John Grunsfeld, ...

As NASAcelebrated the 25 th anniversary of its first shuttle flight Wednesday, the commander of thespace agency's next orbiter to fly said he is confident his crew will launch inJuly. Veteranshuttle ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...

Carrying 15 tons of cargo, shuttle mission STS-134 will complete the U.S. segment of the lab complex after 12 years of construction. A final flight by the shuttle Atlantis in late June is devoted ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It’s now been 40 years since the maiden flight of space shuttle Columbia, the first flight of a reusable spacecraft and the inaugural mission of the 30-year space shuttle ...

At 8:56 a.m. EDT on May 16, 2011, space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member crew lifted off Launch Pad 39A on a mission to the International Space Station. Under a blue sky, space shuttle Endeavour ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, ...

July 31: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour's seven member crew are returning from a mission to the International Space Station. July 28: Space ...