Space Shuttle Discovery left launch complex pad 39B at 20:47h 35s local time (01:47h GMT on Sunday 10 December) in the first after sunset lift off for four years and is now on its way to begin the ...

NASA managers have cleared the space shuttle Endeavour for lift-off on 11 March on the first of three flights to deliver a huge Japanese research complex to the International Space Station. Blast-off ...

NASA was forced to call off the launch of its first space shuttle mission in 2½ years yesterday after last-minute checks revealed a fault in the fuel tank. Discovery was due to take off from Cape ...