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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It’s now been 40 years since the maiden flight of space shuttle Columbia, the first flight of a reusable spacecraft and the inaugural mission of the 30-year space shuttle ...

Carrying 15 tons of cargo, shuttle mission STS-134 will complete the U.S. segment of the lab complex after 12 years of construction. A final flight by the shuttle Atlantis in late June is devoted ...

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 ...

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, ...

* Remove mid-deck and flight-deck platforms (2 a.m.) * Activate and test navigational systems (7 a.m.) * Complete preparation to load power reactant storage and distribution system (9 a.m.) * Flight ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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 ...

In May, when the space shuttle Atlantis was moved to its launch pad, STS-135's flight engineer, Rex Walheim, got a bit emotional. "That is the most graceful, beautiful vehicle we've had to fly in ...

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 ...