This view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, clearly shows its payload bay and upper surfaces. The image was photographed by one of the Expedition 15 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station ...

At 15,000 feet (4,572 m) in length, the Shuttle Landing Facility was so long that it'd tower over everything but the most prominent mountain ranges in the world if stacked into the sky. Most normal ...

Millions along Discovery's landing route may be able to spot it in the sky. Nov. 7, 2007 — -- Millions of people along Discovery's route Wednesday may be able to get a glimpse of the shuttle as ...

The Atlantis astronauts tested the shuttle's re-entry systems early Tuesday and packed for a Florida landing Wednesday, weather permitting, to close out a successful space station assembly mission, ...

This NASA TV still shows the head's up display view from pilot Doug Hurley's seat on space shuttle Atlantis during the final space shuttle landing on July 21, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center in ...

Personnel from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and Edwards Air Force Base conducted a training exercise this past weekend that would enable them to effectively handle the rescue of a Space ...

The space shuttle Discovery is headed for California, in pursuit of what NASA says is "excellent" weather for its return to earth. Flying upside down and backwards just off the tip of Madagascar over ...

The space shuttle Endeavour closes out a 16-day space station construction mission with a picture-perfect landing at the Kennedy Space Center. Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program ...

Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery will spend another day orbiting Earth, after the scheduled landing was postponed due to bad weather in Florida. The seven-member crew is now slated to attempt ...

The Space Shuttle Atlantis, led by Commander Brent Jett, is scheduled to land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 21, completing space shuttle mission STS-115. Touchdown is ...

NASA is considering a significant upgrade at its landing facility at New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor, as part of the preparations for returning the space shuttle fleet to service, managers have ...

Cape Canaveral, Fla. — After two false starts, the seven astronauts aboard shuttle Atlantis will finally land Sunday to end their successful repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The only ...