CAPE CANAVERAL -- In an unprecedented step, a space shuttle was moved to the launch pad Friday for a trip NASA hopes it will never make — a rescue mission. The shuttle Endeavour is on standby in case ...

Crews rolled the space shuttle Atlantis to Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center Feb. 15 in preparation for next month's launch to the International Space Station. Set for launch as early as ...

Weather across Kennedy Space Center is observed 'go,' and hopefully conditions will remain that way for the next 40 minutes or so -- long enough for space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of four ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis thundered into orbit Saturday with no obvious damage from debris to worry NASA or the six-member crew as they prepared to resume construction of the ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch on Monday afternoon at 2:28 p.m.EST. High pressure reigning over the Southeast will provide mostly sunny skies. The temperature at launch time at NASA's ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA called off Thursday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after detecting problems with a pair of fuel gauges in its big external tank, a recurring problem ever since the ...

NASA Fuels Up Atlantis for Final Launch Published May 14, 2010 • Updated on May 14, 2010 at 6:21 am Forecasters said there is a 70 percent chance of good weather for the scheduled afternoon launch of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With a cry from its commander to "light this fire one more time," the last shuttle thundered into orbit Friday on a cargo run that will close out three decades of triumph and ...

The NS-37 launch brings together six individuals with backgrounds spanning science, engineering, business, and exploration.

"Americans have been driven to explore beyond the horizon ever since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In the twentieth century, that drive took us to the moon and inspired dreams of setting foot ...