NASA's prototype orbiter Enterprise, atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, departed Dryden (today, Armstrong) Flight Research Center in California on May 16, 1983, on the first leg of its ...

Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing's Starliner trouble and ...

The capsule's dizzying drop back down to Earth will be slowed when it re-enters Earth -- and then again by huge parachutes to ...

This video details the lengthy process of getting the Space Shuttle into orbit, primarily at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features animations depicting the launch steps and includes 3D ...

A SpaceX rocket carrying four crew members to the International Space Station took off from Florida after its planned launch ...

"The shuttle payload to ISS is less than to LEO, 16,050 kg, so its cost is also higher at $93,400/kg," adds the space agency. Overall, NASA estimates that the net cost of space station launch ...