If it were up to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program, they would have kept flying. Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A on ...

While the Apollo missions are the most famous, the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle program was the most productive in NASA's history. From 1980 to 2011, NASA launched 135 missions. Over 350 ...

Flying either the rocket-powered X-15 or Space Shuttle would already be pretty impressive, but one man actually flew both.

This 2011 astronaut photo captured one of NASA's iconic space shuttles passing between Earth and the International Space ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On July 21, 2011, space shuttle Atlantis landed for the final time at ...

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Space Shuttle Program Manager Bill Parsons today announced several key leadership changes within the office as it reorganizes and evolves following the Columbia accident. “This is a critical time for ...

Nearly two-and-a-half years after the space shuttle Columbia exploded over Texas while reentering Earth, a second fatal accident that killed all seven crew members, Discovery (STS-114) launched on ...

An inexpensive space truck for big payloads. A manned spacecraft that could do on-orbit repairs, shuttle astronauts to the space station, do some on-orbit experiments and help deploy complex station ...

The US Space Shuttle program is dead and buried. The orbiters can now be found in their permanent homes in the Air and Space Museum, Kennedy Space Center, and the California Science Center. The launch ...

The crew of four reflected on the mission beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which flew them on the 12-day mission.