Space Shuttle cutaway showing astronauts working with ESA Spacelab, 1980. Image: NASA. Less than a year after its birth, NASA announced its first astronaut class, the Mercury Seven, on April 9, 1959.

CUTAWAY: As shuttle programme fades away, what comes next for manned spaceflight? By Gayle Putrich 2010-11-22T13:00:00+00:00. As the Space Shuttle programme slowly winds to a close in 2011, ...

A short, interactive slide is one of several attractions and exhibits, highlighted by the full-stack Space Shuttle Endeavour, ...

The space shuttle Discovery performs a 360-degree flip in 2009 in a handout image from NASA taken by the International Space Station's crew. Discovery operated from 1984 to 2011.

Huntsville, the Pathfinder has landed. An early mockup-turned-model of NASA's space shuttle orbiter, the Pathfinder was lowered from its towering outdoor display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center ...

CNN is set to conclude airing a four-part series on space shuttle Columbia's ill-fated last return to Earth. "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight" airs on Sunday (April 14).

The space shuttle Endeavour began the first part of its journey to its final resting place Thursday, an effort more than a decade in the making after arriving at the California Science Center ...

Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.

Space Center Houston, which would be responsible for hosting the shuttle, was not even told about the legislation before it was filed. NASA, too, is not a willing party.