On Nov. 3, 1994, space shuttle Atlantis took to the skies on its 13th trip into space. During the 11-day mission, the STS-66 crew of Commander Donald ...

In the span of a few seconds, a smooth countdown to launch Space Shuttle Mission STS-93, a five-person crew, and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory abruptly ended twenty years ago just before ignition ...

The parts for a 1972 full-size space shuttle mockup are now about a city block closer to being reassembled and restored for display. The City of Downey, California began relocating "Inspiration." ...

After another launch scrub for weather, Space Shuttle mission STS-93 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida twenty years ago in 1999 to begin an eventful ascent into low Earth ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Watch as the International Space Station takes shape in this time-lapsed NASA animation of its decade-long assembly, which ...

A group of seven NASA administrators and astronauts writes about the need for equipment, procedures and cooperation in case ...

Selected as an astronaut in 1978, Jon A. McBride served as the pilot for STS 41-G, launched October 5, 1984, the first ...

On October 23, 2007, the space shuttle Discovery launched the Harmony module to the International Space Station. ‘On This Day ...

Garneau, first hired by Canada's National Research Council before CSA was formed in 1989, flew three times in space, on the shuttle missions STS-41G (in October 1984), STS-77 (May 1996 ...

Today in 1995 (October 20), after a series of delays, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on mission STS-73 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. [...] ...