A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its story.

The NASA Space Shuttle program began as Space Shuttle Columbia took its maiden voyage. This was the world’s first reusable spacecraft; it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle lasted ...

(CNN) — Upon its inception, NASA’s space shuttle program promised to usher in a new era of exploration, keeping astronauts space-bound with a reusable and relatively cheap ride into orbit. It was a ...

During its July 26, 2005, launch, cameras captured a large piece of foam falling from space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank.

On July 21, 2011, NASA marked the end of one of the most iconic chapters in space exploration as Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down at Kennedy Space Center, concluding the final mission of the Space ...

The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

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The Space Shuttle was NASA's primary manned launch vehicle for three decades from its maiden flight in 1981 until it was retired from service in 2011. Yet, fifteen years later, the agency still hasn't ...

The final four shuttle astronauts returned to Kennedy Space Center this past weekend and addressed a crowd underneath their ride, Space Shuttle Atlantis, reflecting on that last flight of the space ...