This video details the lengthy process of getting the Space Shuttle into orbit, primarily at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

Rehoming NASA’s fleet of space shuttles took a lot of coordination in 2012. Space shuttle Endeavour crawled along the streets of Los Angeles atop a mechanical transporter for three days and ...

The Haolong shuttle is different in one important way from the Space Shuttle: It's unmanned. The Chinese shuttle is designed simply to launch cargo up to Tiangong and return cargo to Earth.

After snapping a selfie with their fighter jet of choice, visitors can head inside the Space Shuttle Pavilion to take in the Apollo exhibition, which includes more than 100 artifacts from more ...

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.

In all, NASA operated five shuttles in space. Shuttle Challenger and its crew were lost in a launch accident Jan. 28, 1986. Columbia and its crew were lost during return from orbit Feb. 1, 2003.

When the Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Fla., for its April 12, 1981 maiden voyage, it ushered in a new and exciting age of space travel and ...

The space shuttle Challenger was destroyed 73 seconds after lifting off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 1986. (AP Photo/Bruce Weaver, File) ...

NASA’s final space shuttle mission came to an end in July of 2011. The Enterprise is now on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.