About three minutes later, three or four pieces of debris were seen flying off ... space station. "Discovery's ready, the weather's beautiful, America is ready to return the space shuttle to ...

The space shuttle Discovery blasted off into orbit Tuesday ... NASA managers said they would take several days to make a full judgment of any damage to the shuttle and decide how to deal with ...

Once complete — and the rest of the museum is constructed in the coming years — L.A. will be home to the only retired space shuttle displayed in a full-stack arrangement as if ready for launch.

NADWORNY: Just over a minute into its flight, the space shuttle broke ... they're going to mark off every single step on their checklist and make sure they are absolutely ready before they hit ...

There is long process to get the Space Shuttle into Orbit around the Earth! 📼Video Summary: There is a long process to getting the Space Shuttle ready to ... involved Lift Off, Roll Program ...

We should have had the second flight of the program, and the first crewed one, take off this year ... units were initially meant to serve the Space Shuttle program. Also called Space Shuttle ...

The space shuttle concept was a remarkable pivot: Reusable, winged orbiters would take off strapped to rockets, sail through Earth’s orbit and glide to an airplane-esque runway landing.