NASA says it will try to launch Atlantis on the first space shuttle mission of the year in early June, almost three months later than originally planned, so that technicians can finish repairing its ...

Space shuttle managers expressed continued confidence in repairs made to Atlantis' external tank following a day-and-a-half review that formally green-lit the shuttle to launch on mission STS-117 on ...

Robert Goddard, a Massachusetts-born physicist, launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket on this date 100 years ago. It was not an overly impressive flight. The rocket, fueled by gasoline and ...