NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

STS-126/Endeavour
Target Launch Date: Nov. 14, 2008
Target Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. EST

Oct. 1 marks the 50th Anniversary of NASA, as it was on this date in 1958 that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration began operations.

IBEX
Launch Date: October 19
Launch Window:
2:58 p.m. to 3:06 p.m. EDT

S6 Truss Segment
Aboard Discovery
Mission STS-119

Lifting the space shuttle requires calm precision.

NASA won't send anything into space that needs to return -- without a parachute.

Amateur radio on the International Space Station brings technology, science and inspiration into the classroom.

Astrovan continues to carry shuttle crews, history and tradition.