STS-3 was launched from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on March 22nd 1982. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off for the third shuttle test flight on March 22 in 1982 for ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. (NASA / Joel Kowsky) CAPE ...

In honor of the launch of the last space shuttle mission today, the Atlantic has a great photographic history of the program, from the initial designs through two tragedies to recent work on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forty years ago, the world watched in horror as NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded mid-air over Florida, killing all seven ...

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...

The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Space Shuttle flew on 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. While the coin’s front displays the series’ Statue of Liberty image, ...

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, & Artemis II. NASA officials held a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to highlight progress on ...