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Memorial service marks 25th anniversary of Challenger explosion

August 22, 2019 at 7:51 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL — In a solemn ceremony at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex on Friday, NASA leaders, astronauts, employees and relatives paid tribute to the two women and five men...

Technicians search for possible systems leaks Wednesday, May 26, 2010 after space shuttle Atlantis on STS-132 landed for the last time at Kennedy Space Center after completing its last mission. NASA has two more launches and landings before the space shuttle program retires.

A perfect but bittersweet landing for Atlantis

August 22, 2019 at 7:34 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL – Cutting through a clear spring sky, exactly on time, space shuttle Atlantis made a picture-perfect but bittersweet landing Wednesday morning, ending a 25-year flying career and bringing...

Last night flight takes off

August 22, 2021 at 8:06 p.m.

Space shuttle Endeavour brought an early dawn to Kennedy Space Center on Monday, punching its way through cloudy skies to close the curtain on nighttime shuttle launches and kick off...

Space shuttle Endeavour lights up the night sky in successful launch

August 22, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Endeavour brought an early dawn to Kennedy Space Center this morning, punching its way through cloudy skies to close the curtain on night-time shuttle launches...

NASA studying alternatives to Ares I rocket

August 22, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

-- In the wake of criticism that NASA's next-generation Constellation Program rockets are behind schedule and over budget, agency engineers are hastily reviewing alternative designs for a new heavy-lift rocket...

Orlando Evening Star front page from July 24, 1969 with splashdown of Apollo 11, the return of man's first trip to the moon.

Four decades ago we landed on the moon — will we go further?

August 22, 2019 at 7:28 p.m.

Two months ago, former NASA astronaut Scott Parazynski ascended Mount Everest, carrying a lunar rock brought back by the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon 40 years ago...

NASA’s out-of-this-world costs draw new scrutiny

August 21, 2021 at 11:22 p.m.

Most nights it's possible to look skyward with a pair of cheap binoculars and see a $100,000 mistake circling the Earth. The glowing object -- an orbiting NASA tool bag...

Space legend Aldrin says moon mission plan off course

August 21, 2021 at 10:25 p.m.

Four years after President George W. Bush announced his vision to send astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars, legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin is leading an effort...

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