Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride's death on Wednesday (Aug. 7) was confirmed to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to go to space on June 18, 1983, when ...

Enterprise was a test vehicle and wasn't built to fly in space. Construction was completed in 1976, the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. The vehicle was originally to be named Constitution as ...

The space shuttle has launched 134 times during its 30 years of service, and in that time it has ferried more than 540 astronauts into space. After one more launch, the July 8 liftoff of the shuttle ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This STS 41-G patch, owned by Dr.

The morning of June 18, 1983, hundreds of thousands of spectators awaited the Challenger space shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Some people in the crowd wore T-shirts ...