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Shuttle-era structure dismantled piece-by-piece at pad 39A
A heavy-duty crane towering over launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in recent weeks has removed several large sections of a disused structure once needed to install satellites and space station modules into space shuttle cargo bays.
Chinese astronomy satellite placed into orbit by Long March rocket
China's first X-ray astronomy satellite launched Thursday on a mission to survey the Milky Way galaxy for black holes and pulsars, the remnants left behind after a star burns up its nuclear fuel.
Twin solid rockets, reused veterans of spaceflight, set for Endeavour display
Two space shuttle solid rocket boosters -- reusable space hardware that launched on 81 missions -- are being gifted to the California Science Center to become part of the museum's launch pad display of Endeavour.
Video: 31 years since Challenger tragedy
President Reagan addressed the nation with this speech 31 years ago today, following the loss of the space shuttle Challenger and crew on Jan. 28, 1986.
Shuttle engine delivered to Orion service module assembly site
A former space shuttle orbital maneuvering system engine has been delivered to Germany for attachment to the European-built service module destined to steer NASA's next Orion spacecraft on a course around the moon on an uncrewed test flight in late 2018.
Piers Sellers, shuttle astronaut and renowned climate researcher, dies at 61
Former astronaut Piers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist who flew on three space shuttle missions to help construct the International Space Station, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61.
STS-125: Launch of final Hubble servicing call
Atlantis blasted off on May 11, 2009 for the final space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, a dramatic flight that prepared the iconic observatory for a new revolution of discovery
John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, passes away at 95
John H. Glenn Jr., a decorated combat veteran and test pilot who gained worldwide fame as the first American to orbit the Earth, went on to become a U.S. senator and, in the autumn of his life, returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery, has died. He was 95 years old.
Last shuttle commander ‘back in the fight’ with Boeing
When Chris Ferguson climbed into the commander's seat of the shuttle Atlantis five years ago for the spaceship's final flight, he didn't know what turn his career would take when he returned to Earth. Now the former F-14 fighter pilot helps lead Boeing's development of the CST-100 Starliner space taxi, one of two U.S.-built commercial spacecraft selected by NASA to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
STS-135 video: Narrated flow tapes
This narrated footage shows the preparations that shuttle Atlantis and the mission payloads underwent at Kennedy Space Center for launch on STS-135 to the International Space Station.