It is the same one used by the last NASA astronauts to launch from American soil, the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew in July 2011. Indeed, Launch Complex 39 A and B have been the site of every U.S ...

The Atlantis shuttle lifted off at 1129 local Florida time (1629 BST) on a mission to haul critical supplies to the International Space Station The flight is the 135th and final space shuttle ...

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

After nearly 30 years and 134 liftoffs NASA launched its final shuttle into orbit. Space shuttle Atlantis will carry out the program's last mission. While the future of NASA's budget still remains ...

The space shuttle Endeavour was lifted into ... Endeavour will be the only one displayed in the vertical launch position. The shuttles Atlantis and Discovery are on display at the Kennedy Space ...

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 ...

However, had Atlantis suffered major damage during her launch to the telescope ... This rescue mission was called STS-400. When the Space Shuttle fleet returned to action after the loss of ...

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

On Thursday afternoon, Wright stood by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on display at Kennedy ... When is the next Florida launch? Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, NASA rocket launch schedule ...

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 ...

Astronaut Memorial Ceremony took place Sunday to honor the 17 NASA crew members lost in the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia ...