A reflection on the Jan. 12, 1986, launch of Space Shuttle Columbia’s STS-61-C mission, published on the Challenger ...

NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts ...

This week marks 40 years since the Challenger disaster, a heartbreaking moment that unfolded just 73 seconds after liftoff, capturing the attention of millions across the nation.

News conferences and other events have been set for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-110, the 109th launch in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-110 will launch between 2 – 6 p.m.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On November 22, 1989, the space shuttle Discovery launched on mission STS-33. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center and up into ...

WASHINGTON – NASA has assigned crews for the STS-127 space shuttle mission and the Expedition 19 International Space Station mission. The STS-127 mission will deliver the final components of the Japan ...

Amateur astronomer Tony Hoffman of New York City took this long-exposure photo of the shuttle Discovery (right light line) and International Space Station as they flew over Flushing Meadows Park in ...

A veteran of seven spaceflights, Jerry Ross spent more than 1,393 hours in space, including 58 hours, 18 minutes on nine spacewalks. When he retired from NASA in 2012, Ross was the only person to have ...