The Space Shuttle was an engineering marvel that changed the face of space exploration, and understanding how it launched is ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

India, Poland and Hungary launched their first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a private ...

Live updates from the launch of the Ax-4 mission. The long delayed Axiom Space Mission 4 crew lifted off at 2:31 a.m. on June ...

The US Air Force is moving closer to authorizing SpaceX to move into one of the largest launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with plans to use the facility for up to 76 ...

Gilmour Space’s rocket stands on its launch pad. Photo: Zaid Dillon. Animation: Stephen Kiprillis “It’s just insane,” he said on Thursday. “We’re ready to go.

All 135 Space Shuttle Launches happened from Florida. There are two launch pads - 39a and 39b. First the space shuttle is taken to the Orbital Processing Facility (OPF) where maintenance takes place.

The STS-51L mission was originally targeted for Jan. 23, 1986, but was pushed back because of delays with the Columbia shuttle and STS-61C mission just miles away at Launch Pad 39A.

It would be 32 months before another shuttle left a launch pad. Within days, NASA concluded two rubber O-rings in Challenger’s right solid rocket booster had failed because temperatures ...

In a full circle moment, SLC-6 launch pad is now leased for an expansion of the SpaceX Falcon program. The Falcon is a smaller rocket, carrying about 25% of the shuttle’s maximum.