Take a photo look at NASA's first space shuttle mission STS-1, which launched the shuttle Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981 with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen.

The space shuttle Discovery's final crew, the six astronauts of NASA's STS-133 mission, head to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch on Feb. 24, 2011.

The space shuttle Discovery voyage (STS-26) on September 29, 1988, was NASA’s first return to space shuttle flight about two-and-a-half years after the Challenger disaster that killed all seven ...

NASA announced today July 1 to 19 is the new launch planning window for Space Shuttle Discovery’s mission, designated STS-121. The new window gives the agency time to do additional engineering ...

Space Shuttle Challenger was lost 90 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986, and Columbia would be lost after breaking up upon reentry over Texas on Feb. 1, 2003.

Space shuttle Columbia lifts off for the first time, April 12, 1981 (NASA photo) No one knew about it at the time, and the flap turned out to be tougher than designed.

NASA astronaut Story Musgrave moves about in space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay during the deployment of the solar array panels on the Hubble Space Telescope during the final of five STS-61 ...

A new book by NASA astronaut Tom Jones shares intriguing stories about the agency’s longest-running space exploration program Diane Tedeschi Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2) prepares for an ...

On July 26, 2005, the space shuttle Discovery launched on the first "Return to Flight" mission following the Columbia disaster that killed seven crewmembers a little over two years earlier. A few ...

The first of these photos show Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, on board the space shuttle Challenger in 1983 during STS-7. Above, she is pictured in a mission specialist seat ...

Marine Corps Col. Frederick W. “Rick” Sturckow will command space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-128 mission, targeted for launch July 30, 2009. Retired Air Force Col. Kevin A. Ford will serve as ...