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 ...

Space shuttle Atlantis rocketing into space for its last time from Kennedy Space Center at 11:26 a.m. ET Friday morning, marking the final launch after 30 years for NASA's storied fleet of shuttles.

When space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on its ... vehicle in the event that there's trouble during the very last shuttle flight ever. Right now, the honor of that final mission has fallen to ...

Over the course of the mission, we'll be providing daily updates. To begin flight day 13, the crew aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis -- now separated from the crew aboard the International Space ...

During today's flight, the linked aircraft ... D.C. Discovery is one of NASA's three space shuttle orbiters, which all flew their final trips to space last year. The orbiter's sister spacecraft ...

SpaceX has launched a ninth uncrewed test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket system ever constructed. The mission comes after two prior tests ended in explosive failure. Follow for live ...

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 ...

He also commanded space shuttle flight STS-51-I. Engle finished his command ... very lucky". The post The Last Surviving X-15 Pilot, Space Shuttle Test Pilot Joe Engle Dies at 91 appeared first ...