The space shuttle Discovery is set to make its last journey to Launch Pad 39A Monday (Jan. 31) to prepare for one final voyage into space. Discovery will launch into space on Feb. 24.

NASA has cleared away the historic space shuttle gantries that for decades towered over Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Many space shuttles, as well as manned and unmanned ...

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

The Space Shuttle was an engineering marvel that changed the face of space exploration, and understanding how it launched is key to appreciating the complexity of this incredible spacecraft. From ...

In a full circle moment, SLC-6 launch pad is now leased for an expansion of the SpaceX Falcon program. ... The Air Force has spent $2.5 billion to build the space shuttle launch complex.

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 ...

There is a long process to getting the Space Shuttle ready to launch! ... (RSS). Other parts of the launch pad include the Orbiter Access Arm (OAA), Gaseous Hydrogen and Oxygen Vent Arms, ...

The moon is a big target for space launches in 2024, with NASA aiming to return the first humans in more than 50 years for a fly-by on the Artemis II mission while spate of commercial companies are… ...

The launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, formerly home to the Saturn V rocket and the space shuttle, has been the only launch facility capable of handling Dragon crew and cargo missions and also ...

It would be 32 months before another shuttle left a launch pad. ... The space shuttle flight program came to a close on July 21, 2011, when Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery repeated history Monday night (Jan. 31), making its final trip to the launch pad – for the second time.

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. ... In a full circle moment, SLC-6 launch pad is now leased for an expansion of the SpaceX Falcon program.