Space Shuttle Endeavour Takes Flight
NASA Blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles and bright exhaust from the solid rocket boosters mark the successful launch of space shuttle Endeavour...
Category : Space Shuttle
Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top Civilian Award
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, and Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, right, present Bob Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel...
The First Space Shuttle
NASA In this image from April 12, 1981, the first space shuttle, STS-1, launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with NASA astronauts John...
45 Years Ago: Space Shuttle Columbia Arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
On March 24, 1979, space shuttle Columbia arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for the very first time. Following Presidential direction to build the...
25 Years Ago: The First Pieces of the International Space Station
NASA The mated Russian-built Zarya (left) and U.S.-built Unity modules are backdropped against the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon shortly after leaving Endeavour’s cargo...
