“The simple things did not provide us any resolution to the problem,” said deputy shuttle program manager Wayne Hale. The sensors are designed to shut off the shuttle’s three main engines before fuel ...

There is a long process to getting the Space Shuttle ready to launch! If it lands Vandenburg Air Force Base in California ...

After two weather postponements during the weekend, skies cleared at the Kennedy Space Center and allowed NASA to successfully launch Discovery on just the second shuttle flight since the destruction ...

Veteran astronaut John Young of Orlando and rookie Bob Crippen flew Columbia into orbit on its second launch attempt, ending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour during a preview of the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science ...

Rocket launches can be scrubbed for a variety of reasons, from technical issues to foreign objects. Retired Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach recalled scrubs caused by a ballpoint pen, boats, and ...

Downey’s Columbia Memorial Space Center is restoring a 1970s-era mockup that was the foundation for the design of all NASA’s ...