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…
The Soyuz MS-26 crewed mission has flown NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey…
This week’s manifest features four Falcon 9 launches, including the highly anticipated Polaris Dawn crewed…
The Boeing Starliner Calypso, which launched to the International Space Station on June 5 with…
The Hubble Space Telescope continues to operate to this day in part due to the…
Every month aboard the International Space Station (ISS) is packed with activity, science, and research…
The private Axiom-3 mission to the International Space Station is now in orbit after a…
30 years ago, on the very early morning of Dec. 2, 1993, the Space Shuttle…
The long-awaited crewed launch of Starliner has gained increased positivity that its latest launch date…
