On April 12, 1981, NASA's inaugural space shuttle flight launched astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen aboard Columbia, marking a new chapter in space exploration. The mission introduced several ...
Final assembly finished in July 1990, and the shuttle was shipped to the Kennedy Space Center in May 1991 from its assembly location in Palmdale, Calif. Endeavour's first flight was a challenging one.
Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The ...
We've come years in our journey to explore the unknown, but none of that would be possible without those who made the ultimate sacrifice towards the exploration.