There is a long process to get the Space Shuttle into orbit around the Earth, primarily taking place at Kennedy Space Center ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis soared skyward at 10:29 a.m. Friday, the roar of its rockets building to a ground-shaking rumble as cheers rose at the Kennedy Space Center’s countdown ...

Forty years ago today, Americans were stunned, shocked and saddened when the Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff on a cold, cloudless day in Florida. A booster leak ignited the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Early risers across the First Coast were treated to a unique sight Friday morning following the Crew-12 Falcon 9 space shuttle launch before sunrise at 5:15 a.m. During the launch ...

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling ...