Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its second trip into space. Astronauts Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly rode the reusable, ...

Thirty years ago this father-son duo Chris and Kenneth Bray attended the first ever space shuttle launch. They never went to another launch again, until last week's final voyage, where they recreated ...

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...

The Space Shuttle was operated by NASA for 30 years, with its last flight occurring in 2011. #Space #NASA #SpaceShuttle ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The fretting about Discovery’s liftoff focused on foam insulation covering its fuel tank. But in the end, poor weather scotched Saturday’s much-anticipated space shuttle launch ...

If there was ever must-see video, it’s this one right here: NASA has released film taken onboard a space shuttle’s solid rocket boosters. What makes this clip, in particular, so great is that it was ...

In what may be her first public appearance since being shot on January 8th, Gabrielle Giffords will most likely attend her husband's space shuttle launch next month. Her husband, commander Mark Kelly, ...