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A legacy of European-built and operated space modules, which began in Earth orbit and is now heading for the moon, got its start 40 years ago this week. From the first launch of Spacelab, a ...

Three Europeans and five NASA astronauts, the world`s largest space crew, rocketed into orbit aboard the shuttle Challenger Wednesday on a Spacelab research flight chartered by West Germany. The space ...

Analysis of data from a 1985 shuttle Spacelab mission revealed a mysterious X-ray “glow” around the core of the Milky Way galaxy and “revolutionized” knowledge about the sun’s atomic furnace, ...

It doesn't seem out of place today, but the sight 30 years ago of a cylindrical module mounted inside the space shuttle's cargo bay was described as an "odd-appearing assemblage" in 1983. The unusual ...

Thirty years ago this week the first European-built Spacelab was launched on the Space Shuttle. ESA’s first astronaut, Ulf Merbold, flew on the mission, marking ESA’s entry into human spaceflight. On ...

NASA and space enthusiasts who fondly remember the era of Spacelab are getting ready to welcome back an old friend. Once complete, it will be displayed at the Space & Rocket Center for at least the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — Faced with a strict 8:30 p.m. curfew, the crew of the space shuttle Columbia scrambled to prepare equipment, draw blood and collect urine samples before bedtime on Wednesday after ...

A record crew of eight will fly aboard the shuttle’s West German Spacelab mission that begins Wednesday, but NASA officials said crowding will be alleviated by working in two 12-hour shifts. Several ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, another first for NASA, an all-female crew of scientific experimenters began a five-day exercise on December 16, 1974, to test the feasibility of ...