The Space Shuttle—solid rocket boosters ... and work in the small space station for a total of 171 days. The last flight of Apollo was in July 1975, for the Apollo-Soyuz test project.

THE NIGHT before landing, Ferguson was alone on the flight deck. He had just signed off with mission control for the evening, the last such sign-off in space shuttle history. It was July 20 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When six astronauts launch into orbit on NASA's space shuttle Endeavour Monday (May 16), it will be the last liftoff for the well-traveled orbiter. Endeavour is scheduled ...

the last flight of a space shuttle. However, next week's mission represents a new way of getting humans to orbit, in which agencies including NASA purchase rides to space from private companies.

In a milestone, the Los Angeles home of the retired space shuttle Endeavour ... including on its last flight, said in an interview. “When you see the shuttle on the launchpad, and you’re ...

True to his origins as an atmospheric test pilot, Engle then began flight testing of the space shuttle during approach and landing flight tests from June to October, 1977. These remarkable flights ...

By 2005, he became a NASA flight director, overseeing space shuttle mission planning and operations ... Virgin Galactic building new Delta rocket planes Virgin Galactic retired the VSS Unity last year ...