The liftoff, less than an hour before sunrise, helped clinch a record for the most women in space at the same time. Three women are aboard Discovery, and another already is at the space station, ...

A North County family is still counting down the hours until the space shuttle Discovery lifts off -- and for good reason: They'll have a loved one on board during blastoff. The Discovery's scheduled ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — The space shuttle Endeavour was set to launch Saturday with Canada’s Julie Payette on board for her second mission, but thunderstorms were threatening to force yet another ...

Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut who is embarking her first space flight Wednesday, is capturing much of the world’s attention as the space shuttle Endeavour is readied ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The stormy weather hasn't stopped the flood of tourists from flocking to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, with thousands of spectators hoping for one last chance to see a space ...

51 years ago, President Richard Nixon announced the space shuttle program. The effort revolutionized space travel by allowing for reusable vehicles, slashing the cost of previous missions and giving ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery and seven astronauts headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a pre-dawn liftoff today on one of the last missions for NASA’s shuttle program ...

They also will drop off science experiments as well as an extra sleeping compartment, a darkroom to improve picture-taking from the lab's high-quality window, and other equipment totaling thousands of ...