Space exploration has always pushed the boundaries of human achievement, but not everything launched beyond our atmosphere ...

News conferences and other events have been set for the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-111, the 110th launch in the Shuttle program. Mission STS-111 will launch between 4 – 8 p.m ...

Two women astronauts will set a spaceflight record next week, if all goes according to plan. STS-31's extreme altitude was a result of its main goal: deploying the Hubble Space Telescope, a top-tier ...

Former astronaut Tom Jones interviewed more than 130 fellow astronauts to create a definitive oral history of the space shuttle program. Edited by Tom Jones In his new book Space Shuttle Stories, ...

Space travel should by rights make for rocket-fuelled television, but documentaries on the subject too often veer into ...

1. The previous attempt was a "botched launch". A sensor problem was detected in one of a quad-redundant sensor which wouldn't have been used in the flight anyway.<BR><BR>2. The hydrogen fuel low ...

What: An astronaut reunion is taking place today (Oct. 12) during Purdue’s Homecoming festivities to celebrate the end of the university’s sesquicentennial, “150 Years of Giant Leaps.” Video and ...