CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Friday after some last-minute suspense over which landing site to use, closing out a year in which ...

NASA has announced significant modifications to its contract with Sierra Space for the Dream Chaser spacecraft, effectively ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA began 2006 having flown only a single space shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster three years earlier. After Friday's landing of space shuttle Discovery and its ...

Atlantis and four astronauts returned from the International Space Station in triumph Thursday, bringing an end to NASA’s 30-year shuttle journey with one last, rousing touchdown that drew cheers and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - With NASA's Florida spaceport shut by bad weather, the shuttle Atlantis astronauts enjoyed an extra day in space Friday and prepared to return Saturday from a final ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — With the space shuttle Discovery safely back on the ground, the astronauts who repaired it in outer space and rode it 219 times around the Earth returned to Houston ...

Oct. 24 -- After two days of weather delays, the space shuttle Discovery is finally facing better chances for a landing today in California. Winds, rain and clouds continue to loom at the Kennedy ...