Nation Jul 24 Watch Sally Ride, 61, Left Major Imprint on Space Program, Inspired Young Scientists Sally Ride, 61, Left Major Imprint on Space Program, Inspired Young Scientists…
Jul 24 Watch Sally Ride in 1983: Chose Flowers Over Handshakes, Left at O Historic NewsHour video of Sally Ride's departure from NASA.
Science May 03 Watch SpaceX Boldly Looks to Blast ‘Millions of People to Mars’ With the space shuttle era now over and U.S. space flight on the verge of going private for the near future, the company behind the so-called SpaceX project has ambitious plans to make space flight cheaper for cargo and for…
Science Jul 20 NASA’s Space Shuttle Program: 30 Years of Flight Atlantis and her four-member crew have been cleared for their historic return to earth on Thursday. Landing is scheduled for 5:56 ET. As NASA's final shuttle prepares for its final landing, we look back at the 30-year program. By Jenny Marder
Jul 08 Watch NASA’s Shuttle Era Winds Down With Bittersweet Moments, Grocery Run Despite troublesome weather, space shuttle Atlantis blasted into orbit for the final time Friday with a four-person crew and a payload of food for the International Space Station. Judy Woodruff and science correspondent Miles O'Brien discuss this final mission, the… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Atlantis Launches on Historic Mission The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center for the final mission of the 30-year-old program Friday morning. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch Miles O’Brien on the Last Shuttle Launch Hari talks to Miles O'Brien about the space shuttle program, on the eve of its retirement. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Miles in Moscow Remembers First Man in Space Hari interviews Miles, who is in Moscow on Yuri Gagarin and the first human spaceflight. Continue watching
Apr 12 Quiz: NASA Announces New Homes for Space Shuttle Fleet By Larisa Epatko NASA marked the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch and the 50th anniversary of the first human in space -- Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961 -- by naming the final destinations of its retiring space shuttle fleet. Continue reading