First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger ... Canadarm on a dummy second payload. Shuttle fleet's Spacelab debut: STS-9 (Columbia) On Nov. 28, 1983, Columbia ...

It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first dedicated Department of Defense Space Shuttle mission, after which ...

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

This week marks two decades since the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy, where seven crew members killed. Twenty years later, we remember Columbia and a famous photo of one of the most devastating events ...

Rocket launch at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday For the first launch, our sunrise is at 7:13 a.m. We may not be able to see the vapor trail, because the sun will be too low in the eastern horizon. For the ...

Nelson and NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy left the agency on Monday (Jan. 20), the day that Donald Trump began his ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.

On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated ... Dense morning fog blankets Brevard SpaceX launches WorldView Legion 3 and 4 satellites from Cape Canaveral ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space ... first time a civilian, McAuliffe, had flown on a shuttle. Classrooms across America watched the ...