Inside NASA's space shuttle Challenger disaster that could have been stopped 40 years ago

Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off. A small team of engineers tried to prevent ...
Aviation Week

Atlantis rolls to launch pad for next ISS assembly flight

Crews rolled the space shuttle Atlantis to Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center Feb. 15 in preparation for next month's launch to the International Space Station. Set for launch as early as ...
Concord Monitor

‘Part of our human destiny’: The evolution of space exploration from shuttle to SpaceX

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...
New Scientist

NASA races to protect shuttle from approaching storm

The space shuttle Atlantis could start moving off its launch pad as soon as 0800 EDT (1200 GMT) on Tuesday to take cover from Tropical Storm Ernesto. The storm appears to be veering to the right, ...