This view of the space shuttle Endeavour (bottom right) docked at the International Space Station shows the two spacecraft in the docking camera on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft as it backed away ...

Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-2) ... Commander Hoot Gibson reacted to that first view: ... Rivers of 3,000-degree ionized plasma washed over the front windows, ...

The Space Shuttle was an engineering marvel that changed the face of space exploration, and understanding how it launched is key to appreciating the complexity of this incredible spacecraft. From ...

View Superb view of the payload bay of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-43) in front of a magnificent globe shining in all its blue light during the extraction of a satellite (TDRS-E) from the ...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1: See Space Shuttle Endeavour before it goes off-view ‘for several years' The celebrated spacecraft will be moved to a new pavilion now under construction at its longtime home, the ...

Following its return to Earth after a 16-day space mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on its journey back into the Earth's atmosphere on Feb. 1, 2003. All seven crew members were killed.

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.

Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on January 16, 2003. It was the 28th mission for the orbiter, with the STS-107 crew set to carry out experiments over the ...