The nose of space shuttle Discovery looks exposed with its Forward ... A bit farther back on Discovery's right side are the NASA "meatball" logo, the American flag, and the words "United States." ...

Much of the shuttle’s storied history was written in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. But today, Discovery rests ...

The exhibit is funded by ticket and concession sales, including a plethora of souvenirs bearing the Space Shuttle Atlantis logo. NASA's three other orbiters, Discovery, Endeavour and the prototype ...

The space shuttle Discovery will make its last journey to its seaside launch pad in Florida tonight (Jan. 31) to once again prepare to fly its final mission before being retired with the rest of ...

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit Sunday evening, setting off on a space station construction mission cut short by launch delays that dragged on for more than a month.

America's oldest shuttle lands after 5,830 orbits. March 9, 2011 — -- Space shuttle Discovery came down from a blue Florida sky, turned gracefully and made its last-ever landing today at the ...

The space shuttle Discovery launched at 7:39am, Pacific Time, this morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida; the 114th space shuttle flight in 24 years. Discover was originally set to lift off on July ...

Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion ...

Until this week, Discovery was scheduled to make the last shuttle flight in September. But following touchdown, NASA reported a major delay for its next-to-last mission, a space station trip by ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--Running four days late, the shuttle Discovery was refueled for launch late Friday for a 13-day mission to deliver more than 7.5 tons of supplies and equipment to the ...