The space shuttle and International Space Station are set to launch onto coins to celebrate advancements made by Texas and ...

China's new Haolong space cargo shuttle. See it launch in this animation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central Television (CCTV) | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

Update: This story has been updated to reflect a move in the launch date. Currently listed as launching no earlier than 1 a.m. Friday per the Space Coast Office of Tourism, Blue Origin's brand new ...

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is set to transform for an exclusive after-hours event, “Kennedy Under the Stars.” ...

On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD).

Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

In addition to the 1968 launch of Apollo 5, the first Canadian woman launched into space onboard shuttle Discovery in 1992.

This marked the only shuttle landing at White Sands. First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger on June 18, 1983, marked a pivotal milestone: Sally Ride became the ...

The loss of space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and the Apollo 1 fire bring reflection and inspiration for a new future ...

According to NASA, it stood at only 184 feet when stacked on the launch pad. That's still shorter than a Falcon 9 rocket — and a Space Shuttle orbiter by itself measures only 122 feet long.