On May 16, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight. This was also the penultimate mission of ...

NASA is holding to its target launch date for the Space Shuttle Atlantis, even as rainy weather threatens to delay the space shuttle from blasting off until the weekend. As Jason Samenow reported: A ...

The U.S. Space Shuttle program operated from 1981 to 2011, utilizing six orbiters for reusable spaceflight (two of which were lost), transporting astronauts and supplies for 30 years. Today, the three ...

Although the Space Shuttle was capable of rocket-powered rides to space, it required the help of a Boeing 747 for earthbound ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

First launch: Columbia becomes the first shuttle in space on April 12, 1981. First insects: Moths, flies and bees become the first insects to ride the shuttle in 1982, in an experiment designed by a ...