The next mission, STS-8, saw Guion Bluford become the first African-American in space, launching aboard Challenger on Aug. 30, 1983. The mission also marked the shuttle program's first night ...

Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, yes, rocket launches − especially night launches − from neighboring Space Coast could be visible in the Treasure Coast area, particularly from ...

Among other stipulations, the shuttle had to be named after ... Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction ...

Plans were well underway to launch the Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in the early 1980s. The shuttle was what a rocket could never be: A flying aircraft with a human pilot. The insulting phrase for ...

This story has been updated with the latest launch information. Scrub recap:SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral set to light up Friday night sky SpaceX is seeking to light up the Friday night ...

SpaceX had been looking to send up what would be the year’s 91st orbital launch from the Space Coast, but scrubbed Friday night’s attempt and then called off a backup attempt that aiming for ...

Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

On this date, Jan. 5, 1970, President Richard Nixon officially announced his direction to NASA to build the space shuttle ...

R: The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise inside of Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand for Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT). Images: NASA These are the voyages of the space ...