Space Shuttle

Crew aboard space shuttle Columbia captured this image of Mount Everest on Nov. 30, 1996, during the STS-80 mission. STS-80,…

On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the…

Robert Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, received…

A Q&A with the lead U.S. scientist of the mission, which will track changes in everything from wetlands to ice…

Intrusion of saltwater into coastal groundwater can make water there unusable, damage ecosystems, and corrode infrastructure. Seawater will infiltrate underground…

Former NASA astronaut Fred Haise discusses his experiences from Apollo 13 and beyond. HWHAP 364.

On Nov. 30, 2002, NASA astronauts John Herrington (pictured) and Michael Lopez-Alegria performed the third and final spacewalk of the…

The STS-129 crew members pose for a portrait following a joint news conference with the Expedition 21 crew members on…

On Nov. 16, 2009, space shuttle Atlantis began its 31st trip into space, on the third Utilization and Logistics Flight…