As NASA’s Artemis program advances following its first crewed mission to the moon April 10, former astronaut Bonnie Dunbar ...

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 ...

The space shuttle system has been modified many times since the first launch of space shuttle Columbia in 1981. During the 1980s, major upgrade programs were established to respond to problems and ...

Payload specialists in training for STS-51L take a break in shuttle emergency egress training in 1986. Left to right: Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan. McAuliffe was selected as ...

Take a journey through the history of Kennedy Space Center. Take a journey through the history of Kennedy Space Center and its role in shaping Florida’s legacy in space exploration.

April 12th holds significant weight in American history. It witnessed the start of the Civil War at Fort Sumter in 1861.

The United States once poured money and political capital into a spaceplane concept that promised to take off from a runway, reach orbit in a single leap, and slash the cost of spaceflight. Instead of ...

Leland Melvin said that flying a space shuttle was significantly less nerve-wracking than being racially profiled by the ...