NASA has named veteran spaceflyer Rick Sturckow to serve as a backup commander during training for the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour – a mission currently led by the astronaut husband of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NASA announced a backup shuttle commander Thursday in case they need to replace the astronaut-husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a mass shooting last weekend.

Your Feb. 20 report on the difficult but necessary decision by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to cancel the Hubble Space Telescope's final servicing mission ("Crews May Be Able to ...

White Sands Missile Range will be the secondary landing site for the space shuttle this fall because of runway repairs at Edwards Air Force Base in California. White Sands Space Harbor will become the ...