On May 19, 2000, the space shuttle Atlantis launched with the very first "glass cockpit." This was one of several big ...
On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com]( Endeavour was the ...
On May 16, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight. This was also the penultimate mission of ...
The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...
Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...
Mission nearly complete. The California Science Center says construction is finally finished on a building that will house Space Shuttle Endeavour.
NASA loaded fuel into space shuttle Endeavour's external tank for the second evening in a row Sunday in anticipation of pre-dawn launch. The three-hour operation began at 6:50 p.m. ET just as the NFL ...
Led by commander Mark Polansky, the astronauts will run through emergency escapes from the launch pad, practise landing on Kennedy Space Center's runway and learn how to put out fires on the shuttle.