Space Shuttle

February 1, 2003 was truly a sad day for America and the rest of the world. That was the day the Space Shuttle Columbia, broke apart, and crashed across east Texas and western border of Louisiana. Everyone aboard was killed.

The last space shuttle mission scheduled for July 2011, the 42nd anniversary of Apollo 11, represents the end of an era. Let us look back at the first mission.

The final launch of Endeavour went off without a hitch. Hundreds of people stood together in silence and unity as all eyes focused on the bright orange glow spewing from the vessel taking the six brave astronauts into space.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour has its final launch. Almost half a million spectators watched the event.

An overview of the main mission tasks for the crew of STS-134, Space Shuttle Endeavour's final (and the space shuttle program's second-to-last) planned flight to the ISS, including delivery of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2, equipment, and supplies

What will happen after the last space shuttle flies this year? When will the next American human space craft fly? The short answers are, not much and not soon.

Though not as loud or visual as a launch, witnessing a space shuttle landing is as exciting when you consider the airliner-sized spacecraft just came from space.

Learn about the space shuttle's Star trek connection and many more fun facts. Just how much room do the astronauts have inside the space shuttle's crew module? Find out here.

With some notable exceptions, space shuttle era astronauts did not achieve the celebrity status of their predecessors during the race to the Moon. Partly that was because there were so many astronauts who flew the space shuttle.

As the long history of our space shuttles nears its close, NASA is putting the orbiters up for bid among top American museums.

The space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, at 4:14 a.m. EST. According to NASA, the STS-130's 13 day mission to the International Space Station is to deliver..

Explanation of the crew's tasks for STS-130, launching to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on February 8, 2010

My experience of the space shuttle Columbia disaster took place in my den on an otherwise lazy Saturday afternoon. The TV was tuned onto the news, which was going to broadcast the landing of the shuttle mission STS 107.

The space shuttle Endeavor's STS-130 duties will include delivery of Tranquility module which will house the COLBERT treadmill and other sundry life-support equipment. Complete mission details.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, rocketry and satellite technologies advanced within NASA's space program. By the 1970's these technologies converged to produce one of the greatest inventions of all time - the space shuttle.

The space shuttle Endeavour launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 7:55 PM on Friday, November 14th, with a cargo module filled with supplies and additions to the International Space Station that will enable the crew of ISS to expand from three to six.

Watching live mission video and tracking orbits using NASA web-based software makes you part of the mission!

There are many ways to watch and listen to the space shuttle mission. Here are some tips on when to listen, and what will be going on in space.

Highlights about last august exceptional NASA's mission to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour

For the price of an admission ticket costing thirty-eight dollars, you can finally find out if you are made of the stuff it takes to be an astronaut.

Private citizens have paid to board the space shuttle to outer space. Hard to believe there was a time long ago when we fretted over sending a teacher! Which of us really belongs? Answer: all of us belong. Here's a past essay on the subject...

If you're fascinated by the American Space Program in general and have a passion for the U.S. Space Shuttle in particular, you won't be able to resist a magnificent tome that is distributed by Specialty Press.

We drove 30 miles east of Orlando and took pictures of the space shuttle which launched around the beginning of December 2006.

The space shuttle, once thought to be the solution to cheap access to space, will be retired in 2010 having never achieved that goal. However, cheap access to space may yet be accomplished by the private sector.

This article will provide you with ideas to divide a narrow room into separated living and dining space.

It may be hard to fathom the idea of anyone having wasted space but many homes that are being built today have excess space in the building plans.