The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour has been confirmed for Thursday, May 30, at the preferred launch time of 7:44:26 p.m. EDT (23:44:26 GMT). All remaining countdown activities continue on schedule.

NASA will begin the countdown for launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-109 Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. EST at the T-43 hour mark. This mission marks the fourth Shuttle servicing mission to the ...

Asengineers prepare NASA's the space shuttle Discovery for a July launch, theorbiter's next astronaut crew is training hard for the upcoming spaceflight. "It'samazing to see how dedicated everyone is, ...

8:15:30 p.m. EST. The planar launch window on Friday extends from 8:10:30 – 8:20:30 p.m. EST with the preferred launch time reflecting a flight day three rendezvous and docking with the International ...

CAPECANAVERAL, Fla. - Seven astronauts aborted the launch of the spaceshuttle Discovery just seconds before a simulated liftoff Thursdayduring a dress rehearsal of their planned July 1 space shot. A ...

Strut Tie Rod Assembly (BSTRA). STS-107 is a scheduled 16-day mission with a planned KSC landing at about 8:53 a.m. EST on Saturday, Feb. 1. (As of 11 a.m. EST, the countdown clock is in a scheduled ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis. [Photo: NASA] Many are calling it “the end of an era”. The Space Shuttle Program is about to close its doors as NASA and the space industry goes in other directions. As the ...

Preparations for the inaugural flight of space shuttle Columbia passed a major milestone at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Dec. 29, 1980, with the rollout of the vehicle stack from the Vehicle ...

The gap in US domestic crew launch capability is coming to an end as soon as next month, concluding a convoluted and painful path that ultimately began when Columbia was lost during STS-107. The last ...

1. The previous attempt was a "botched launch". A sensor problem was detected in one of a quad-redundant sensor which wouldn't have been used in the flight anyway.<BR><BR>2. The hydrogen fuel low ...

Guest Post: The Launch of STS-131, From the Press Site at the Kennedy Space Center Student Katherine Ackerman blogs her experience at this morning's launch of Space Shuttle Discovery: "There was a ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Firefly Space Transport Services (STS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, Inc, announced today that the company has been selected by the National ...