Fifteen years ago today, the roar of engines and a pillar of fire lit up the Florida sky as Space Shuttle Discovery began its final journey into space.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tug-of-war over space shuttle Discovery is becoming more volatile. Discovery — the crown jewel of the Smithsonian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Discovery's days of spaceflight may long be over, but the historic NASA space shuttle may soon be on the move again – just not in ...

Space shuttle Discovery on the launchpad ahead of its 39th and final launch in 2011. Credit: Photo by NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, we might still get a shuttle. President Donald Trump’s domestic ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Discovery was the third Space Shuttle orbiter to fly in space. It entered service in 1984 and retired from spaceflight as the oldest and most ...

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First launch: Columbia becomes the first shuttle in space on April 12, 1981. First insects: Moths, flies and bees become the first insects to ride the shuttle in 1982, in an experiment designed by a ...

The STS-51L mission clears the tower at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 28, 1986. Credit: NASA / Courtesy Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...