On July 21, 2011, NASA marked the end of one of the most iconic chapters in space exploration as Space Shuttle Atlantis ...

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which shook NASA and the country as a whole as the first ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Tuesday, July 21, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. When the Soviet Union falls, ...

Capt. Joe Engle is known as the only person to fly both the X-15 and Space Shuttle, thus being the only person to enter space ...

The final NASA Space Shuttle crew reunited under Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the 15th anniversary of ...

The four crew of the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis reunited at Kennedy Space Center for the 15th anniversary of the ...

This 2011 astronaut photo captured one of NASA's iconic space shuttles passing between Earth and the International Space Station for the very last time.

The crew of four reflected on the mission beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis, which flew them on the 12-day mission.

A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its story.

The astronauts who flew the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program reunited at Kennedy Space Center to commemorate the ...

On July 8, 2011, Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on the STS-135 ...

NASA’s masterplan for upcoming lunar landings has a flaw that could prove fatal to the U.S. astronauts set to touch down on ...