April 14, 1981. The orbiter Columbia rested on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, having completed the first-ever Space Shuttle mission. Now a daunting task lay ahead. Something that had never been attempted before would now have to become reality.
Columbia would have to be turned around for a second mission. No longer would a U.S. crewed spacecraft be used only once.
On Saturday, May 30, Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken became the first astronauts to launch…
STS-114 was the Shuttle mission that returned NASA to active flight status following the tragic…
It was a Space Shuttle mission like none other in the 21st century. It was…
On February 1, 2003, NASA suffered a blow which is still felt today, both from…
Continuing on her streak of missions dedicated to microgravity research, Columbia’s tenure with the Space…
April 12, 1981: the 20th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight in history. On that…
The Space Shuttle Program – in its near 29-years of service to the U.S. and…
Six years after the tragic loss of Columbia and her crew, the efforts to improve…
Unthinkable before the loss of Columbia, a contractor engineer at Lockheed Martin was able to…
While those listening in on the problems that started to be communicated on the Flight…
Three years ago today saw the loss of the Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia and her…
There are two words that most people never want to hear at a rocket launch,…
Operations to support the upcoming first crew flights of Starliner and Orion are increasing around…
The NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is on the verge of flying its…
NASA has scrubbed the second launch attempt of the Artemis I mission from the Kennedy…
As NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next…
60 years ago, on May 8, 1962, Atlas-LV3C Centaur-A – designated Atlas Centaur-1 (AC-1) –…
SpaceX and Axiom Space launched the AX-1 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on…
With the launch just weeks away, SpaceX and Axiom are making their final preparations for…
