For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger on June ... 1995, when space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir. During this historic STS-71 ...

STS-89's crew members were the first to reach Mir in a shuttle other than Atlantis. Building the International Space Station Endeavour ... On Dec. 6, just two days after launch, the astronauts ...

Monday's delay occurred amid a National Weather Service dense fog advisory, with meteorologists warning drivers of visibility ...

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

The final launch of the space shuttle program came on July 8, 2011, when Atlantis – now housed at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex – took flight. Multimedia editor Rob Landers wrote ...

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 ...

The SpainSat NG-1 satellite launched right on time at 8:34 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A. The rocket rumbled as it ...

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before today’s launch ...

Launch: 5:54 a.m. Location: Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Sonic booms: No. Trajectory: Southeast. Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team coverage: Starts 90 minutes before ...

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 ...