May 20: The crew of Shuttle Atlantis hold a news conference on the flight deck. Front from left, Gregory Johnson, Scott Altman and Megan McArthur. Rear from left, Andrew Feustel, John Grunsfeld, ...
The six astronauts of Endeavour's STS-134 mission - the final flight of NASA's youngest orbiter - depart the Operations & Checkout building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on ...
Astronauts aboard theshuttle Endeavour are hard at work for today?s hours-long survey of the shuttleheat shield using a sensor-tipped inspection pole and robotic arm. They willscan the heat-resistant ...
from Firing Room 3 of the Launch Control Center. The countdown includes 29 hours and 32 minutes of built-in hold time leading to a preferred launch time at about 5:38 p.m. on Aug. 9 with a launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, ...
July 31: Space Shuttle Endeavour lands at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Endeavour's seven member crew are returning from a mission to the International Space Station. July 28: Space ...