Enjoy some of the most amazing space shuttles taking off from various space stations from around the globe. ...more. Credits: NASA & ULA.

Ten years ago, Atlantis rose from the launch pad on a plume of fire and parted the high clouds on its way to the International Space Station and to its place in history. The 11:29 a.m. EDT...

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

This video shows a takeoff and landing of a crewed U.S. space shuttle. The shuttle's main components are a winged orbiter, a large external tank that carries the liquid fuel and oxidizer for the orbiter's three main engines, and two solid-fuel rocket boosters mounted on the sides of …

Watch the first Space Shuttle launch and land on the 40th anniversary. The STS-1 mission launched NASA astronauts John W. Young and Robert Crippen into space for a 54.4 hour, 36 orbit test...

The SRBs are solid rockets that provide most of the main force or thrust (71 percent) needed to lift the space shuttle off the launch pad. In addition, the SRBs support the entire weight of the space shuttle orbiter and fuel tank on the launch pad.

6 days ago · The rocket and its Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft are set to lift off from Launch Complex-39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) today at 7:03 p.m. EST (2348 GMT).