The Hubble Space Telescope continues to operate to this day in part due to the work performed 15 years ago by the crew of STS-125. Dubbed Hubble Servicing Mission 4 (HSM 4), scientists knew this would be their final chance to use the space shuttle to visit and upgrade the orbiting laboratory.
As we look back on the mission, the question remains whether or not Hubble will be visited or repaired again.
The culmination of a 40 plus year enterprise comes today – an endeavor that sought…
The lifting body concept – made famous by the Space Shuttle and now living on…
For 30 years, the Space Shuttle orbiters Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour wowed millions…
The end of a legend. For 29 years, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery has lived…
As Endeavour heads into the sunset portion of her historic final voyage to space, her…
The Space Shuttle Program was well underway by January 1986 – with preparations marching toward…
April 12, 1981: the 20th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight in history. On that…
25-years ago today, Space Shuttle Challenger was lost with all hands in the bright blue…
After nearly thirty years of Space Shuttle operations – with only eight flights remaining on…
When Atlantis thundered off LC-39B on December 2, 1988 to begin the classified Department of…
The European Space Agency (ESA) Space Shuttle is to be designed at the CIRA space…
Towards the end of the Apollo Space Program in 1972, NASA began the process of…
After the latest incident at Baikonur where a group of street artists painted graffiti on…
Two astronauts have stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday on what is the…
April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin launches into orbit aboard Vostok 1 to become the first…
For NASA, 2009 proved to be a stellar year, one filled with five extremely successful…
In the second quarter of 2025, SpaceX continued its record launch cadence with the Falcon…
As space-based research and manufacturing ramp up, a market is emerging for returning payloads to…
After a planned eight day mission to the ISS that launched in June 2024, Butch…
