On Feb. 11, 2000, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 14th trip into space on the Shuttle Radar Topography ...

In 1977, the United Kingdom's King Charles III, a prince at the time, met with NASA astronauts Fred Haise, Gordon Fullerton, Richard H. Truly and Joe Engle, the crew of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia fell apart as it returned to Earth after spending more than two weeks in ...

Iowa native Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame this spring, recognizing her near-four ...

killing all seven astronauts aboard. According to NASA, the shuttle was lost about 15 minutes before it was set to touch down at Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle disintegrated as it reentered the ...

Founded in 1990, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame is part of the Heroes & Legends attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Harris and Whitson's likenesses, etched in glass and mounted ...

when NASA flew an average of six space shuttle missions a year, each usually carrying five to seven astronauts. The first shuttle launched in 1981, but the program took a nearly three-year hiatus ...

In memory of the 22nd anniversary of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the ‘Remembering Columbia’ museum will be offering ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Williams, who was on her ninth spacewalk, now ranks fourth worldwide for longest accumulative spacewalking time.