KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (AP) - The space shuttle Discovery has lifted off on the first shuttle flight in nearly a year, and just the second mission since the Columbia disaster. The launch was delayed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle may not be on the move any time soon. Lawmakers in Texas have long sought to relocate the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The space shuttle Discovery arrives for its final destination at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center in 2012. The aircraft used to ...

Florida: Discovery, NASA's oldest and most journeyed space shuttle, was poised for launch on Thursday on its final mission, wrapping up a near three-decade legacy of orbital travel.

The proposal to uproot Space Shuttle Discovery from its museum home and ship it to Texas ignited a rare mix of outrage among curators, engineers, and space fans. What sounded like a simple relocation ...

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Nearly 20 years ago, an iconic part of the Star Wars sci-fi film franchise made a trip aboard NASA's Space Shuttle for a ...