4:57 p.m. — Close crew hatch 7:02 p.m. — Launch Launch + 1 hour – Post-launch News Conference Michael Griffin, NASA administrator Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space ...

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During its secretive mission, the X-37B will test new laser communications gear and a "quantum" navigation sensor.

News conferences, events and operating hours for the Kennedy Space Center’s News Center, Fla., have been set for the July 1 launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121. .

EXPOSITION PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Space Shuttle Endeavour is now pointed toward the skies over Exposition Park in ready-to-launch position. The space shuttle's final mission is now ...

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It's not quite the achievement of a lunar landing, but astronaut Mike Massimino made Twitter history with a 139-character post to the micro-blogging site -- the first person to do so from space. "From ...

Behold, NASA's STS-1 shuttle flight of Columbia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's been 40 years since NASA's first ...