For Joshua Graham, growing up in a small Florida town meant frequent trips to Kennedy Space Center to watch space shuttle launches. When Graham was five years old, he recalls seeing an astronaut's spacesuit in the Space Center's museum and telling his mother, "I want to work on these." Full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Shuttle Atlantis is "go" for launch. Full story
The pickup truck that helped to tow a retired space shuttle to its museum display last year is now part of an interactive exhibit designed to demonstrate how to pick up large things. Full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Russian spaceship took a shortcut to the International Space Station on Tuesday, delivering a veteran cosmonaut, a rookie Italian astronaut and an American mother on her second flight to the outpost in less than six hours. Full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a "For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in Florida. Full story
Space shuttle Enterprise, NASA's retired prototype orbiter, will reopen on public display July 10, just shy of one year since its exhibit in New York first opened. Full story
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd shares Wednesday's Flashback and trivia question answer.
Now that the shuttle program has ended, NASA is unloading everything from buildings to high-tech equipment before the government’s maintenance money runs out. NBC’s Kate Snow reports.
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Take a look back at some of the year’s top news stories, including Superstorm Sandy, Obama’s re-election, the sentencing of Jerry Sandusky, gun violence and space shuttle Endeavor’s final journey.
As Fearless Felix jumped from 24 miles above the earth on Sunday, the mission-battered Endeavor crawled the streets of Los Angeles. NBC’s Matt Taibbi reflects on the significance of both.
U.S. actor Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith pose for pictures during a photo call to promote their latest movie "After Earth" on the mainplane of the Soviet-made Buran space shuttle, placed at the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after M. Gorky, in Moscow May 27, 2013. The sign under the
U.S. actor Will Smith poses for pictures during a photo call to promote his latest movie "After Earth" on the mainplane of the Soviet-made Buran space shuttle, placed at the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after M. Gorky, in Moscow May 27, 2013. The sign under the Soviet flag reads "USSR".
U.S. actor Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith pose for pictures during a photo call to promote their latest movie "After Earth" on the mainplane of the Soviet-made Buran space shuttle, placed at the Central Park of Culture and Leisure named after M. Gorky, in Moscow May 27, 2013. The sign near the S
