In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space ...

On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful crew spaceflight ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four astronauts for the final space shuttle mission, STS-135, will answer reporters’ questions at 8:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 31, as shuttle Atlantis is moved to ...

McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and held leadership positions at ...

NASA also has named Air Force Col. Michael Good to replace Karen Nyberg on shuttle Atlantis’ STS-132 mission, targeted to launch in May 2010.

While NASA is currently targetingJuly 1 to launch Discovery's STS-121 mission, the orbiter has a flightwindow that extends through July 19.

NASA's final Space Shuttle launch is just around the corner, and the STS-135 astronauts are getting ready to make history. Plus: Find out how to follow the final Space Shuttle launch.

Sally Ride became the first female U.S. astronaut during the STS-7 mission in 1983. NASA The first of these photos show Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, on board the space shuttle ...

While NASA's Discovery astronauts prepare for the agency's first shuttle flight in more than two years, another orbiter crew is also training hard for its own launch - now less than three months away.

Firefly Space Transport Services (STS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, Inc, announced today that the company has been selected by the ...