a veteran of three space shuttle flights, were pulled from the mission. This is Hague’s third launch, although his first was an aborted Soyuz mission. This is Gorbunov’s first spaceflight.

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On April 23, 1990, NASA made history with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31. The launch marked a pivotal moment in space exploration ...

The sensor-equipped supercar shattered the autonomous-driving speed record by reaching an eye-watering 197.7 mph at the Space Florida-managed Launch and Landing Facility — one of the world's ...

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

Hubble launched on April 24, 1990, stowed inside the cargo bay of space shuttle Discovery. STS-31 was Discovery's 10th launch, and it was the 35th space shuttle mission overall. One day after ...

Stodieck handed the test tubes off to a NASA crew, then watched as his work lifted away from a launchpad aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. “I never get tired of launches,” said Stodieck, who served ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Monday, April 21, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the CRS-32 resupply mission. Original story ...

At 4:15 a.m. EDT, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft took off while aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The craft, known as Commercial ...

They will replace three astronauts currently on the Chinese space station. Like those before them, they will stay there for roughly six months. The three will launch for space Thursday evening in ...

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