CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Columbia rocketed into orbit with Israel's first astronaut Thursday on a scientific research flight surrounded by unprecedented security -- and with ...

Monday marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first Space Shuttle, Columbia. It also happens to be 60 years since the first human flew into space, Russia's Yuri Gagarin.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA marked the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy with somber ceremonies and remembrances during its annual tribute to fallen astronauts on Thursday.

NASA today indefinitely postponed the July 19 launch of the shuttle Columbia on a 16-day research mission that was to feature the first space flight of an Israeli astronaut, while shuttle ...