The space shuttle was designed to fly a lot of flights. It wasn't designed — designed to last for 30 years. So we started seeing more problems come up with it.

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly knows a few things about objects in outer space, including those that make their way to Earth.

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.

A political effort to relocate the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Space Center Houston has been merged with the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill," a major economic and policy package ...

Mark Kelly flew on four space shuttle missions. He served as pilot of Endeavour and Discovery, then later commanded missions on each spacecraft.

While the fate of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket hangs in the balance, the agency is pushing ahead with tests of new ...

Tuesday marks the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy.The shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff on Jan. 28, 1986.New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was one of the ...

Launched on June 18, 1983, STS-7 was the seventh overall shuttle mission, the second mission for Challenger, and carried the first American woman into space. While two female cosmonauts, Valentina ...

Mark Polansky was the 22nd Boilermaker to join Purdue’s “Cradle of Astronauts” when NASA selected him as one of 10 pilots in its 1996 candidates for the space shuttle program. He went on to log more ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing all aboard. Among the seven crew members was Christa ...

The space shuttle program was marked by triumphs and failures, including the 2003 Columbia disaster. The tragedies left a lasting mark on the perception of risks in space.