NASA today launches a series of events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight. On April 12, 1981, shuttle Columbia lifted off with Commander John Young and pilot Robert ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Back on April 12, 1981, the space shuttle roared to life for the first time. Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying two astronauts – a moonwalker, John Young, ...

Click to open image viewer. This First Shuttle Flight Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in recognition for her contribution to the sucess of the first orbital space shuttle flight, ...

John W. Young, who walked on the moon, commanded the first space shuttle mission and became the first person to fly in space six times, died Friday at his home in Houston. He was 87. John W. Young, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CNN is airing "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight," a four-part documentary about the 2003 tragedy. Forty-three years to the ...

Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76. NASA did not give a cause of death, the ...