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Here's a look at the unique clouds created following the Crew-12 Falcon 9 space shuttle launch Friday morning.
NASA's iconic Discovery space shuttle, which launched dozens of times from Florida, may not be relocated to Houston for display.
NASA will launch Crew-12 aboard a SpaceX Dragon on Feb. 11, with live coverage across platforms. Docking with the ISS is targeted for Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m. EST.
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How did the Space Shuttle launch work?
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 launch! If it lands Vandenburg Air Force Base in California then it will need to be flown across the United States to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The removal follows a noticeable pause in launches from the historic pad. The most recent Falcon 9 flight from LC-39A occurred on December 17, 2025, a departure from the site’s intense activity in 2025, when Falcon vehicles launched 165 times overall (though not all from 39A).
On Feb. 1, 2003, NASA was once again dealing with tragedy when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts were lost after the shuttle broke apart during reentry.
A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX launched the replacements as
NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain Winston Scott recently sat down with Space Coast Daily for an in-depth interview with John Harper, offering a personal look at his storied career in spaceflight and his perspective on the upcoming Artemis II mission,
NASA's space shuttle Challenger completed 10 missions before it broke apart during a launch in 1986, killing seven astronauts.
Construction workers first carved the footprint for the launch pad from the Florida wetlands more than 60 years ago. NASA used the site to launch Saturn V rockets dispatching astronauts to the Moon, then converted the pad for the Space Shuttle program.