CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Discovery and seven astronauts rocketed into orbit before dawn Monday on one of NASA's final stockpiling missions to the International Space Station. The launch — the last ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's countdown is going smoothly and even the weather is looking exceptionally good for Monday's space shuttle launch. Atlantis is scheduled to blast off at 2:28 p.m. Monday ...

A North County family is still counting down the hours until the space shuttle Discovery lifts off -- and for good reason: They'll have a loved one on board during blastoff. The Discovery's scheduled ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery and seven astronauts headed for a rendezvous with the International Space Station after a pre-dawn liftoff today on one of the last missions for NASA’s shuttle program ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — Discovery and seven astronauts rocketed into orbit Monday on one of NASA's final stockpiling missions to the International Space Station, its takeoff flames bringing an early dawn to ...

They also will drop off science experiments as well as an extra sleeping compartment, a darkroom to improve picture-taking from the lab's high-quality window, and other equipment totaling thousands of ...