On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight ...

In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space ...

HOUSTON — NASA's first space shuttle launch, 35 years ago, demonstrated that a winged orbiter could lift off like a rocket and land like an airplane, able to fly again. For the two astronauts ...

The final shuttle flight, NASA's STS-135 mission aboard Atlantis, will land Thursday (July 21) to cap a 13-day trip that delivered supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station.

McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and held leadership positions at ...

The spaceshuttle Columbia ushered in NASA's shuttle era on April 12, 1981, when it launchedspaceward with STS-1 astronauts John Youngand RobertCrippen aboard.

WASHINGTON – NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-128. The flight will carry science and storage racks to the International Space Station.

The Hubble Space Telescope is deployed into orbit around the Earth by the space shuttle Discovery in 1990 during STS-31. NASA In April 1990, space shuttle Discovery launched the iconic Hubble ...

STS-131 is the second of five shuttle missions planned for 2010, with the last flight targeted for a September launch. Discovery will deliver science and supplies to the station.

On April 12, 1981, space shuttle Columbia blasted off on mission STS1, marking the beginning of the shuttle program.

The space shuttle Discovery voyage (STS-26) on September 29, 1988, was NASA’s first return to space shuttle flight about two-and-a-half years after the Challenger disaster that killed all seven ...