OTD in space – April 29: European 'Spacelab' launches on space shuttle Challenger

On April 29, 1985, the European Space Agency's Spacelab launched on the space shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51B. [‘On ...

space shuttle

Leland Melvin said that flying a space shuttle was significantly less nerve-wracking than being racially profiled by the ...

NASA delays shuttle launch until June

NASA says it will try to launch Atlantis on the first space shuttle mission of the year in early June, almost three months later than originally planned, so that technicians can finish repairing its ...

California Science Center completes construction of new building housing Endeavour shuttle

Construction on the California Science Center's new Samuel Oschin Air & Space Center, home to the Endeavour shuttle, is ...

'Wow. I'm part of history:' Look inside NASA barge carrying Artemis core

Here's a look behind the scenes of NASA's SLS moon rocket core stage ferry, the Pegasus barge.
FOX 10 Phoenix

Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

Seven astronauts were killed in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. Because a teacher was aboard, millions of schoolchildren watched the event live in school. Forty years later, many of those ...
NPR

40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...
Hosted on MSN

Houston may not get Discovery shuttle after all, about NASA chief's plans

NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle may not be on the move any time soon. Lawmakers in Texas have long sought to relocate the historic spacecraft to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and a ...