Discovery and its crew of seven landed safely back to Earth on Tuesday, ending a 14-day test of space shuttle safety that was shadowed by the disaster two and a half years ago of the shuttle Columbia.

“We’re looking forward to coming home,” Commander Eileen Collins radioed to Mission Control upon crew wakeup at 8:30 p.m. EDT today. Collins and her crewmates immediately began preparing the orbiter ...

Nasa's first female commander guided space shuttle Columbia to a dazzling late-night landing after delivering the world's most powerful X-ray telescope to orbit. Under a nearly full moon, Eileen ...