Explore the intricate journey and technology of the Space Shuttle program, including launch procedures, primarily at Kennedy ...

Fifteen years ago today, the roar of engines and a pillar of fire lit up the Florida sky as Space Shuttle Discovery began its final journey into space.

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 ...

While NASA celebrated the launch of its first Space Shuttle in 1981, the Soviet Union was racing to build its own orbital ...

Fast forward to the present day. The Space Launch System has flown only once, during the Artemis I mission, and is preparing ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...

SpaceX padded the record for its most-flown rocket booster late Saturday with its 33rd trip to space. A Falcon 9 flying 28 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space ...

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...