Kennedy Space Center
US space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on its final mission
May 15, 2010By Suzanne Presto The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off as scheduled from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday afternoon, in one of the last missions of the space shuttle fleet. Twenty-five years after its first launch, the space shuttle...
Space shuttle 'Discovery' lands at Kennedy Space Center on second attempt
April 21, 2010The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after an earlier attempt to land the craft was waved off because of bad weather. NASA had hoped to land Discovery just after dawn Tuesday, but had to try again because...
Shuttle Carrying Japanese Lab to Space Station
July 15, 2009By Brian Wagner Space shuttle Endeavour has launched on a mission to finish construction of a new science lab at the International Space Station. The seven astronauts aboard Endeavour began their journey Wednesday evening to deliver the third and...
Amazing Hubble Photos, Telescope's Final Tune-Up
May 21, 2009NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on May 11, 2009, for the last manned mission to improve and repair the Hubble Space Telescope. The seven-member crew, slated to return to Earth on Friday, successfully completed...
Astronauts describe Nowak as smart but selfish woman
May 02, 2007Fellow astronauts described Lisa Nowak as smart, hardworking and a good mother, but also selfish and unwilling to perform tasks for which she had not trained, according to documents released by the state attorney's office. That glimpse into the astronaut...