Downey’s Columbia Memorial Space Center is restoring a 1970s-era mockup that was the foundation for the design of all NASA’s ...

This seven-part documentary series takes a look back at the evolution of the spacecraft, pinning the 1981 Columbia mission--in which the shuttle’s reliance on mission control was replaced with more ...

At the conclusion of the Flight Readiness Review held today at Kennedy Space Center, NASA mission managers set Oct. 2 for the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station ...

There is a long process to get the Space Shuttle into orbit around the Earth, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space Center ...

For the third year in a row, the American Space History Museum and Space Walk of Fame is hosting ShuttleFest — a gathering of space workers and enthusiasts who wish to share stories, keep the ...

(CNN) -- The space shuttle Columbia is set to nod back to man's first walk on the moon 30 years ago and make history itself as it launches July 20 from Kennedy Space Center carrying a huge telescope ...

On this day in history, shuttle mission STS-7 safely landed, concluding the mission. What was special about this particular mission? https://observationdeck.kinja.com ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to NASA records, "Rocket Man" was played to wake up at least four shuttle crews aboard Discovery and Atlantis across the ...

A NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter re-enters the Earth's atmosphere at about 75 miles above sea level and speeds close to 17,500 mph. When slowing down to its landing speed of about 215 mph, the orbiter's ...