Space shuttle Discovery took off at 7.43 PM EDT (2343 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a day full of anticipation over the much delayed mission.

On Tuesday, NASA released another report on the Columbia space shuttle disaster. The report, "Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report," was graphic in its conclusions on the disaster, which occurred Feb. 1st, 2003 during re-entry.

The launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was successful as the space shuttle launched toward the skies preparing our home in the International Space Station.

NASA says more than 8,000 jobs could be eliminated after the space shuttle is retired in 2010 as the change will likely be felt most at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where up to 80 percent of the jobs are expected to be cut by 2011.

When the space shuttle Endeavour launched today it carried with it a set of experiments designed and constructed in the laboratory of Dennis Jacobs, a University of Notre Dame professor of chemistry and biochemistry who also serves as a vice president and associate provost.

Shuttle astronauts installed part of cooling system on International Space Station.

The crews of the International Space Station and space shuttle Atlantis celebrated the opening of the station's new European-built science laboratory Tuesday.

Former Boeing engineer is charged by FBI with economic espionage in theft of Space Shuttle secrets for China. Released documents identify the defense worker as Gregg William Bergersen.

Space shuttle Discovery descended to a smooth landing at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., concluding a successful assembly mission to the International Space Station. With Commander Pam Melroy and Pilot George Zamka at the controls, Discovery landed at 1:01 p.m. EST.

Space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) a day early, as NASA kept a wary eye on Hurricane Dean.

U.S. astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour have installed a new storage platform on the space station.

For the first time, people around the world can view 3-D images of the space shuttle Endeavour and surrounding buildings at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before it launches into space, through a collaboration between Microsoft Corp. and NASA.