The first shuttle mission of 1995, STS-63 included several historic firsts. As part of Phase 1 of the International Space ...

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first person to go on a spacewalk without a tether. McCandless was wearing a type ...

Bernard Harris became the first Black astronaut to perform an EVA (extravehicular activity) during the second of his two space shuttle missions in 1995. "Harris and Whitson continue to serve as ...

The number of space visitors peaked in the 1990s, when NASA flew an average of six space shuttle missions a year, each usually carrying five to seven astronauts. The first shuttle launched in 1981 ...

All 135 missions launched from the state's Cape Canaveral, with almost half landing there as well. "This design presents an image of a NASA space shuttle lifting off from Launch Complex 39 at ...

Florida (at top) and Texas dollar coins in the U.S. Mint's American Innovation series celebrating the space shuttle and Mission Control, respectively, to be released in 2025. | Credit: United ...

O-ring erosion on Discovery would have disastrous effects a year later It has been 40 years since NASA launched the first ...

A retro-futuristic spacecraft with a mixture of the old and new has passed a major milestone as it's readied for its debut ...

HELSINKI — China will launch a pair of low-cost space station resupply spacecraft this year on new commercial launch vehicles ...

SHREVEPORT, La - The Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart over East Texas as it returned to earth on Feb. 1, 2003.

After nine missions in 1985, the most in any calendar ... He also announced the shuttles would be retired from service. The space shuttle flight program came to a close on July 21, 2011, when ...

HEMPHILL, Texas (KTRE) - It’s been 22 years since space shuttle Columbia broke apart across the skies of East Texas. Many ...