Amateur astronomer Tony Hoffman of New York City took this long-exposure photo of the shuttle Discovery (right light line) and International Space Station as they flew over Flushing Meadows Park in ...

The Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, blasted off into space en route for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. The shuttle carries not only the ...

This afternoon marks a historic moment for NASA's space shuttle Discovery. Today will be the 39th and final time it will launch from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. After nearly three ...

The countdown clock resumed with all aspects of the launch going nominally. The space shuttle Discovery and its seven STS-131 astronauts are ready to be launched into space and toward the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Due to cold temperatures that are expected to continue throughout the weekend, NASA managers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida now are targeting the start of shuttle ...

The shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a mobile launch platform carried by an Apollo-era crawler transporter, was hauled to the launch pad overnight Monday for work to ready the ship for blastoff Nov. 1 ...

International Space Station (ISS) mission STS-121 ended today when Space Shuttle Discovery touched down at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida at 1314GMT (pictured below). Discovery launched on 4 July ...

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A more robust shuttle program with demonstrated autonomous repair capability critical for approval of a final Hubble servicing mission and completion of the International Space Station are the big ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a launch at 6:21 a.m. EDT on April 5 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...

Space Shuttle Discovery’s crew of seven have boarded the Orbiter as the countdown continues smoothly towards the 1948GMT launch of International Space Station logistics mission STS-121. Launching from ...

The docked space shuttle Discovery and the Canadian-built Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, are featured in this photograph taken by the STS-133 crew aboard the station.