Fifteen years ago, the crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission celebrated a historic moment after landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, bringing the orbiter’s final voyage into the history ...

Noted author, poet, and NASA historian Bruce McCandless III ("Wonders All Around") grew up in close proximity to the thundering roar of Apollo-era rockets and the Space Shuttle Program as the son of ...

Payload specialists in training for STS-51L take a break in shuttle emergency egress training in 1986. Left to right: Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan. McAuliffe was selected as ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. (NASA / Joel Kowsky) CAPE ...

The NASA Space Shuttle program began as Space Shuttle Columbia took its maiden voyage. This was the world’s first reusable spacecraft; it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle lasted ...

Forty years ago, the NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. Among the seven crew members were five NASA astronauts, as well as a payload ...

The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...

REPORTED THE WORDS OF JIMMY CARTER LIVE ON. FAR FROM HOME AS WELL. NASA’S VOYAGER ONE, THE MOST DISTANT HUMAN MADE OBJECT FROM EARTH, CARRIES A MESSAGE FROM HIM. HISTORY MAY SHOW OTHER PRESIDENTS WITH ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed the Buran space shuttle, a massive 105 ton spacecraft designed to rival and ...

Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and nights to ...