News conferences and other events have been set for the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-111, the 110th launch in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-111 will launch between 4 – 8 p.m ...

Two women astronauts will set a spaceflight record next week, if all goes according to plan. STS-31's extreme altitude was a result of its main goal: deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, a top-tier ...

Hosts Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk to retired astronaut Terry Hart about STS-41C, a pivotal Space Shuttle mission for NASA.

Former astronaut Tom Jones interviewed more than 130 fellow astronauts to create a definitive oral history of the space shuttle program. Edited by Tom Jones In his new book Space Shuttle Stories, ...

1. The previous attempt was a "botched launch". A sensor problem was detected in one of a quad-redundant sensor which wouldn't have been used in the flight anyway.<BR><BR>2. The hydrogen fuel low ...

The orbiter broke apart while reentering the atmosphere at the end of the STS-107 mission. February 1, 2003 will live up as one of the saddest days in the history of space exploration. Just 22 minutes ...

It’s difficult to imagine a film or series set in space without a scene containing an astronaut in dire straits in the vast of reaches of space. Forty years ago this week, the sixth Space Shuttle ...