Here’s how it works. The suited STS-121 crew members stride out of the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Launch Pad 39B for a simulated countdown. (Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett.) ...

The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour has been confirmed for Thursday, May 30, at the preferred launch time of 7:44:26 p.m. EDT (23:44:26 GMT). All remaining countdown activities continue on ...

The STS-114 astronauts, clad in orange flight suits, walk out to the van that carried them to Launch Pad 39B for a simulated countdown aboard the the Discovery space shuttle. (Image credit: NASA/KSC.) ...

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 ...

Just wanted to point out to everyone interested that Discovery is supposed to launch today at 3:49 pm (EDT), although it appears there might be a problem with a heater in one of the RCS thrusters ...

NASA's final Space Shuttle launch is just around the corner, and the STS-135 astronauts are getting ready to make history. Plus: Find out how to follow the final Space Shuttle launch.

For STS-93, Columbia went through a significant weight reduction program to allow the orbiter to safely return to the KSC launch site for an emergency landing with the Chandra/IUS payload.) ...

FAVORABLE ENDEAVOUR: The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on STS-127 is expected to go ahead as planned at 7:12 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13, a NASA spokeswoman said in a pre-flight briefing June 9.

To say they were "bending" or "breaking" the rules is misleading, they'd have been quite within their rules to have allowed Discovery to launch STS-114 on the original date.<BR><BR>7.

Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, from Hurricane Lili, the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-112 is now set for Monday, Oct. 7. The preferred time of launch is 3:45:51 p.m. EDT.

Launch vehicle capabilities for the VADR contract are divided into three categories: below 500 kg, 500-1000 kg, and above 1000 kg, with a specification that there be multiple providers for each ...

Object Details Summary This vehicle permit pass, with an emblem of a Space Shuttle orbiter stack, was used during the rollout of the space shuttle Discovery. It belonged to Dennis Jenkins, a ...