There is a long process to getting the Space Shuttle ready to launch! If it lands Vandenburg Air Force Base in California ...

The crew of four — two NASA astronauts, one from Canada, and a Russian cosmonaut — heads to the International Space Station ...

SpaceX’s preference to cut out the valve in place, rather than take a longer stand-down, kept the Crew-13 mission on track to ...

NASA's fleet of Space Shuttles could survive challenging solar conditions, but needed a boost to get around on Earth. Here's how a pair of 747s helped.

Veteran astronaut John Young of Orlando and rookie Bob Crippen flew Columbia into orbit on its second launch attempt, ending ...

Downey’s Columbia Memorial Space Center is restoring a 1970s-era mockup that was the foundation for the design of all NASA’s ...

A Long Island kid who loved Charlie Brown and the New York Mets would one day repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Rocket launches can be scrubbed for a variety of reasons, from technical issues to foreign objects. Retired Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach recalled scrubs caused by a ballpoint pen, boats, and ...