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.
Mobile Launcher 1 (ML1, or ML) is on its way back to the Vehicle Assembly…
With the launch just weeks away, SpaceX, NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA) are…
Just weeks from launch, SpaceX has started final preparations for the crewed Inspiration4 (I4) mission.…
The final mission in the Space Shuttle Program, STS-135, was launched ten years ago on…
From the robotic arms of the Shuttle era and the International Space Station to synthetic…
With the news SpaceX completed the 27th and the final test of the upgraded Mark-3…
The Space Station’s Canadian robotic arms have enjoyed another busy month, starting with the release…
Thirty years ago this weekend, after a two and a half year stand down and…
United Launch Alliance’s clandestine Atlas V launch in support of the US National Reconnaissance Office…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched a new satellite for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay…
NASA and Boeing are reviewing the status of the TDRS-M launch date following an incident…
SpaceX launched Bulgaria’s first communications satellite on Friday – the first of two Falcon 9…
While most of the recent attention has been on its next door neighbor, Pad 39B…
SpaceX has conducted its first launch from the Kennedy Space Center since the end of…
United Launch Alliance successfully launched a satellite for the US National Reconnaissance Office Thursday aboard…
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has launched with the NROL-45 payload for the US…
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and her seven…
The voice of Hugh Harris provided countdown commentary for the brave new era of the…
As NASA continues development of its new heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, testing…
