In U.S. human spaceflight program, the final launch decision rests with one person: the launch director. NASA's Mike Leinbach ...

After two weather postponements during the weekend, skies cleared at the Kennedy Space Center and allowed NASA to successfully launch Discovery on just the second shuttle flight since the destruction ...

NASA astronaut Luke Delaney is making final preparations to pilot a SpaceX Dragon and his Crew-13 companions up to the ...

Retired NASA launch director Mike Leinbach launched 37 space shuttle missions and more than 240 astronauts to space.

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A detailed animated look at the process of getting the Space Shuttle into Earth orbit, with most operations shown at Kennedy ...

It launches like a rocket and returns to the runway like an airplane. The Space Shuttle looked different from conventional ...

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser, the spacecraft that looks like a miniature space shuttle, doesn’t have a target launch date yet but it does have “undisclosed national security and commercial customers,” ...

China's new Haolong space cargo shuttle. See it launch in this animation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: China Central ...

On September 17, 1976, NASA revealed the Enterprise—its first space shuttle, named after Star Trek's starship. Discover how this pioneering craft shaped American spaceflight history.