Looking at pictures of the facility today conjures images of Moonraker ... This was done to validate the pad's proper fitment for Shuttle Launch System. This event also offered many of the ...

The 3.4-mile trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad took less than seven hours aboard the shuttle’s massive crawler-transporter. When the spacecraft rolled out before dawn ...

In addition to its height, the shuttle and its accompanyingstructures are mostly made of metal, which is a good conduit for electricity,so collects more of it. "The launch pad gets hit all the ...

NASA returned the space shuttle Discovery to the launch pad Wednesday for the first mission since the Columbia disaster, after replacing the external fuel tank with a new model designed to prevent ...

The historic space shuttle gantries that for decades towered over Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are no more. After more than two years of careful "deconstruction" work ...

The space shuttle Endeavour rolled out to a Florida launch pad on Friday to stand by for an unprecedented rescue mission NASA hopes it never has to fly. Endeavour arrived at Launch Pad 39B at NASA ...

The space shuttle Discovery will make its last journey to its seaside launch pad in Florida tonight (Jan. 31) to once again prepare to fly its final mission before being retired with the rest of ...

Space shuttle Discovery is set to make one last trip to the launch pad late Monday to gear up for its final mission, as NASA moves closer to retiring its orbiter fleet for good. The shuttle is ...

Space shuttle Discovery got a little bit closer to launch on Wednesday after inching towards its seaside launch pad in Florida, US. “It’s a great sight to see Discovery rolling out to the ...

The shuttle Discovery is hauled to its oceanside launch pad for work to ready the ship for launch November 1 on its final flight. William Harwood Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space ...

The space shuttle Discovery will make its last journey to its seaside launch pad in Florida tonight (Jan. 31) to once again prepare to fly its final mission before being retired with the rest of ...

The 3.4 mile journey aboard the massive crawler-transporter started at 8:10 p.m. EDT and was expected to last seven hours. Endeavour is scheduled to launch on Aug. 7 on the second space shuttle ...