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Space shuttle Discovery, NASA's fleet leader and the world's most flown spacecraft, lifted off for the last time on Tuesday (April 17) to be delivered to the Smithsonian for its permanent display.

The last chapter in the story of the space shuttle Discovery likely closes Wednesday with its scheduled landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, left the International Space Station on Monday for the last time, getting a dramatic send-off by the dozen orbiting astronauts as well as "Star Trek's" original Capt. Kirk.

Discovery astronauts Stephen Bowen and Al Drew ventured outside the International Space Station today while the original lead spacewalker for ...

NASA engineers are replacing fuel line seals on the space shuttle Discovery to staunch a small leak in time for the spacecraft's final blastoff on Nov. 1.

Space shuttle Discovery's crew of seven astronauts ended their 15-day, 6 million-mile journey Tuesday with a picture-perfect landing at Kennedy Space Center.

Cloudy weather in Florida will keep space shuttle Discovery in orbit an extra day.

Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard blasted off on Monday on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the International Space Station.

A small plastic bag containing cocaine has been discovered at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, inside a restricted work area where the shuttle Discovery is being prepared for launch in March, the space agency reported Thursday.

NASA engineers announced they have set 3:13 p.m. Saturday as the time for the space shuttle to land at Kennedy Space Center.