When a spacecraft comes home without people on board, it is not a cinematic failure but a carefully choreographed engineering ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After 30 years of spaceflight, NASA's iconic space shuttles will fly no more. The space agency's storied shuttle program ended today (July 21) when the shuttle Atlantis soared ...

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...

Contrary to appearances, the vehicle that looked like a little space shuttle was not broken down when it was being hauled down the runway at Kennedy Space Center. Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. - On what was scheduled to be their last full day in space, crew members aboard space shuttle Discovery woke up Thursday to the strains of "The Road Less Traveled." "It's great to ...

Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph Thursday, bringing an end to NASA’s 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Flight controllers and others at NASA struggled to push away thoughts of Columbia's tragic return as Discovery aimed for a landing before dawn today, the first for a shuttle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It's landing day for space shuttle Discovery. Discovery and its crew are scheduled to touch down at NASA's Florida spaceport early Saturday afternoon. Favorable weather is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers cleared space shuttle Discovery to return home Friday, but are unsure where the spacecraft will touch down. Showers and clouds were in the forecast at Kennedy ...