SpaceX Starship Flight 14, NASA launch directors and Crew-13 astronauts highlight 321 Launch, FLORIDA TODAY's weekly space ...

In U.S. human spaceflight program, the final launch decision rests with one person: the launch director. NASA's Mike Leinbach ...

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 ...

On September 17, 1976, NASA revealed the Enterprise—its first space shuttle, named after Star Trek's starship. Discover how this pioneering craft shaped American spaceflight history.

There is a long process to get the Space Shuttle into orbit around the Earth, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space Center ...

The timing of any return to flight depends on how fast NASA’s hurricane-damaged Michoud plant in New Orleans can get back to full strength, space agency officials said. The shuttles’ massive external ...

The Space Shuttle was NASA's primary manned launch vehicle for three decades from its maiden flight in 1981 until it was retired from service in 2011. Yet, fifteen years later, the agency still hasn't ...

UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Booster ignition and the final liftoff of Discovery, a tribute to the dedication, hard work and pride of America's space shuttle team. The shuttle has cleared the tower. DAVID ...

Now retired, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) were a pair of planes designed to transport orbiters from their landing sites back to Kennedy Space Center throughout the Space Shuttle Program, one of ...