NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. (NASA / Joel Kowsky) CAPE ...

Noted author, poet, and NASA historian Bruce McCandless III ("Wonders All Around") grew up in close proximity to the thundering roar of Apollo-era rockets and the Space Shuttle Program as the son of ...

The NASA Space Shuttle program began as Space Shuttle Columbia took its maiden voyage. This was the world’s first reusable spacecraft; it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle lasted ...

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 ...

This video explores the intricate process of getting the Space Shuttle into orbit, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space ...

Payload specialists in training for STS-51L take a break in shuttle emergency egress training in 1986. Left to right: Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan. McAuliffe was selected as ...

Leland Melvin said that flying a space shuttle was significantly less nerve-wracking than being racially profiled by the ...

In 2010, NASA retired four space shuttles, sending them across the United States as a historical reminder of the nation's space history. But none remain in Houston, where NASA’s Johnson Space Center ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in ...

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 ...