On this date, Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its ill-fated flight on the STS-107 mission. During liftoff, ...

Nasa astronaut trapped in space ventures outside for first time in months 70 vintage photos that will send every '70s kid back in time Harris joins a decades-old tradition for vice presidents in her ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

The shuttle even did a promotional tour of the area, flying into the Central Coast base on the back of a Boeing 747.

NASA's Day of Remembrance honours astronauts who died during Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Challenger, and Space Shuttle Columbia ...

On April 12, 1981, NASA's inaugural space shuttle flight launched astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen aboard Columbia, marking a new chapter in space exploration. The mission introduced several ...

On this date in 1986, Congressman Bill Nelson launches onboard Columbia on the final successful shuttle flight before the ...

Many Americans may remember watching historical events like space shuttle launches or state funerals in class. What about ...

Endeavour, the fifth and final space shuttle was created after the space ... 6, just two days after launch, the astronauts mated Zarya with Unity, a connecting module built in the United States.