Oct. 24 -- After two days of weather delays, the space shuttle Discovery is finally facing better chances for a landing today in California. Winds, rain and clouds continue to loo ...

Gathering in person to watch a space shuttle landing may be a tradition of the past, but a look back is reigniting the excitement among the space-loving community.

Flawless touchdowns have come to seem routine since the inaugural shuttle flight in April 1981 but they are not a given. Landing safely is an overarching goal as NASA prepares for its final space ...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — With the space shuttle Discovery safely back on the ground, the astronauts who repaired it in outer space and rode it 219 times around ...

If landing occurs as scheduled, this will be the 63rd landing at Kennedy in the history of the shuttle program. Atlantis will be serviced and prepared for its next mission, STS-117, set for ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Oct. 23 -- Gusts of nearly 30 mph in Florida and rain clouds in California prevented space shuttle Discovery and its astronauts from returning to Earth today. It was the second day ...

NASA was not thrilled about the next-best landing site, White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, because it lacks the cranes and other equipment needed to transport the shuttle back to its home at ...