This afternoon marks a historic moment for NASA's space shuttle Discovery. Today will be the 39th and final time it will launch from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. After nearly three ...
The space shuttle Discovery and its STS-133 crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut ...
The final flight of space shuttle Discovery lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 4:53 p.m. EST Thursday, February 24, to deliver a new module and critical supplies to the International Space ...
A tight-knit crew of six veteran astronauts are gearing up to ride the space shuttle Discovery on her last voyage beyond Earth this week. The space flyers are due to launch on Discovery on Wednesday ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The thousands of people who helped build and maintain an intrepid spacecraft over 30 years are now facing the difficult task of saying goodbye to space shuttle Discovery and to ...
As space shuttle Discovery prepares to return home from its final mission to space, let’s take a look back at the STS-133 mission, an historic “last” for the program’s most-traveled shuttle. “I think ...
CAPE CANAVERAL — Yeterday NASA held an event at Kennedy Space Center to showcase some of the flight hardware that will travel to the International Space Station onboard Space Shuttle Discovery, ...
When Lindsey and his crewmates were named to the crew of shuttle mission STS-133, NASA intended Discovery's flight to be the program's final voyage, following a Bush administration mandate to finish ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host a media event at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 12, to highlight the next hardware that will fly to the International Space ...
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Space shuttle Discovery stands bathed in light ahead of its last launch into space on Feb. 24, 2011 on NASA's STS-133 mission. Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew arrived on the Shuttle Landing ...